Live Auction 2483Latin American Paintings
Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957)
Lot 177

Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957)

Trenzas y dientes

Closed16 November 2011

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USD 37,500

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Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957)
Trenzas y dientes
signed and dated 'Diego Rivera. 35' (lower left)
pastel on tracing paper
12 x 9¼ in. (30.5 x 23.5 cm.)
Executed in 1935.

Central de Publicaciones, Alberto Misrachi, Mexico City.
Ruth Hill Kephart English collection, Merion, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above in 1936).
By descent to the present owner, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Specialist note

This work is accompanied by the original bill of sale from the Central de Publicaciones S.A. in Mexico City from 1936 as well as paperwork relating to the 1937 Brooklyn Museum exhibition.