Live Auction 2708Latin American Art
Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican 1904-1957)
Lot 188

Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican 1904-1957)

His Mind Clean of all Thought...(from Batouala)

Closed30 May 2013

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Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican 1904-1957)
His Mind Clean of all Thought...(from Batouala)
signed and dedicated 'COVARRUBIAS, For Nettie- thanks for the buggy ride!' (lower right)
gouache on heavy paper
21½ x 15 in. (54.6 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1930.

Gift from the artist to Nettie King, New York.
By descent from the above to Robin King, San Francisco.
Adriana and Thomas J. Williams collection, San Francisco.

Specialist note

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Adriana Williams and dated 1 April 2013.

His Mind Clean of All Thought was created to illustrate a passage of René Maran's 1930 novel "Batouala."