Live Auction 2747Latin American Art
Ricardo Martínez (Mexican 1918-2009)
Lot 1

Ricardo Martínez (Mexican 1918-2009)

Los elotes (also known as Offering to Life)

Closed20 November 2013

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USD 93,750

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Ricardo Martínez (Mexican 1918-2009)
Los elotes (also known as Offering to Life)
signed and dated 'Ricardo Martínez, 58' (lower left)
oil on canvas
47¼ x 31½ in. (120 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1958.

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City.
Private collection, Malibu (acquired from the above in 1958).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated 19 May 1958.

We are grateful to the estate of the artist and the Fundación Ricardo Martínez for their assistance confirming the authenticity of this work.

We are grateful to Dr. Mark Ruben for his assistance cataloguing this work.