Lot #273: DIEGO RIVERA - Hombre descansando - Watercolor and pen and ink on paper

 

Artist: Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886 - 1957).
Title: "Hombre descansando".
Medium: Watercolor and pen and ink on paper.
Date: Composed 1949.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 x 11 in. (279 x 279 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Cream wove paper. Good to very good condition; marginal browning to upper and right edges; lower right edge reinforced; repaired tear lower right edge. Comment(s): Comparable watercolor and ink on paper compositions by Rivera sell at auction for substantially more than our modest pre-sale estimates. Our example probably a study for a larger work. The husband of Frida Kahlo, Rivera is arguably Mexico's most famous painter. His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30121-2-16000]