Lot 19: Armando Reverón (Venezuelan 1889-1954)

Armando Reverón (Venezuelan 1889-1954)
Las indias
signed 'REVERON' (lower right) also inscribed, indistinctly signed and stamped with finger prints 'ESTO CORRESPONDE A LA FIESTA DE CARNAVAL, LA DEL CENTRO SOY YO Y ES UN CARNAVAL EN LA PLAZA VARGAS-... LAS MUÑECAS DISFRAZADAS DE INDIO. DOY FE DE ELLO EN MACUTO MARZO 1969, OBRA AUTENTICA DE MI REVERON QUE RECUERDO PERFECTAMENTE' also inscribed with a testimony of authenticity dated 1969 and signed 'CANELONES' (on the verso)
charcoal and pastel on cardboard
21¼ x 21¼ in. (54 x 54 cm.)
Painted circa 1947.

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Exposición retrospectiva de Armando Reverón, July 1955, no. 242.

J. Calzadilla, Armando Reverón: Sus obras, Caracas, Ernesto Armitano, 1979, p. 341, no. 469 (illustrated in color).

Silvia Pérez Pérez, Caracas.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1985, lot 15 (illustrated in color).
Private collection, Caracas.
Acquired from the above.

Armando Reverón (Venezuelan 1889-1954)
Las indias
signed 'REVERON' (lower right) also inscribed, indistinctly signed and stamped with finger prints 'ESTO CORRESPONDE A LA FIESTA DE CARNAVAL, LA DEL CENTRO SOY YO Y ES UN CARNAVAL EN LA PLAZA VARGAS-... LAS MUÑECAS DISFRAZADAS DE INDIO. DOY FE DE ELLO EN MACUTO MARZO 1969, OBRA AUTENTICA DE MI REVERON QUE RECUERDO PERFECTAMENTE' also inscribed with a testimony of authenticity dated 1969 and signed 'CANELONES' (on the verso)
charcoal and pastel on cardboard
21¼ x 21¼ in. (54 x 54 cm.)
Painted circa 1947.