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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 16, 2023 | Morton Casa de Subastas | Mexico City | Subasta de Arte Latinoamericano | 14 | $****** - ****** | Maternity |
Works on Paper
97.5 x 72 cm (38.39 x 28.35 in)
Watercolor and charcoal on paper
Signed and dated 1945
DIEGO RIVERA
>(Guanajuato, 1886 - Mexico City, 1957)
Maternity
Signed and dated 1945
Watercolor and charcoal on paper
Includes a color photograph with autograph caption on the back and an equally autograph letter authenticating the work by the master Diego Rivera, December 1956.
This work was intervened by another unidentified person with gouache and watercolor, which is why we can notice differences in relation to the accompanying photo.
It presents conservation details.
Diego Rivera was an outstanding Mexican painter, engraver, draftsman, muralist, communist, idealist and revolutionary. He was a titan among muralists, a sublime easel painter, a controversial accomplice of the political revolution and a great defender of the arts.
Always present in the most important events of the country, he was in contact with the most prominent personalities in the political and cultural circles of Mexico, France and the United States.
He began his training at the Academy of San Carlos, however, his path was forged outside the classroom. In 1907 he held his first exhibition, which earned him a scholarship from the Governor of the State of Veracruz, thanks to which he was able to travel to Europe to complement his studies. He first traveled to Spain, where he had the opportunity to closely study the work of Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez and El Greco. Later he moved to Paris, where he visited exhibitions and attended conferences and open-air painting courses, maturing his pictorial style and consolidating friendships with key figures in the history of art.
Upon his return to Mexico in 1922, he dedicated himself to an in-depth study of Mayan and Aztec art, which significantly influenced his later work. During the 1920s he received numerous commissions from the government to create large mural compositions in which he abandoned the artistic trends of the moment to create a national style that reflected the history of the Mexican people.
In addition to his well-known mural work, his quality as a great portraitist stands out, with the ever-present attributes of rescuing the personality of each of his characters, managing to freeze them forever in the magnificent images that make up his production.
Sources consulted:
-REYERO, Manuel. Diego Rivera. Mexico. Fundación Cultural Televisa A.C., 1983, pp. 21-23.
-TARACENA, Berta. Diego Rivera. Easel painting and drawings. Mexico. Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana, 1979, pp. 16, 58-62.
- TOVAR Y DE TERESA, Rafael. Diego Rivera. Art and Revolution. Mexico. CONACULTA-INBA, 1999, pp. 107-115.
-LOZANO, Luis-Martín et al. Diego Rivera: Art and Revolution. Mexico. CONACULTA-INBA, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio Arts Council, 1999.
97.5 x 72 cm
