Lot 255: Benito Quinquela Martín (Argentinian 1890-1977)

Benito Quinquela Martín (Argentinian 1890-1977)
Cementerio de barcos
signed 'quinquela MARTIN' (lower left) signed again, inscribed and titled 'CEMENTERIO DE BARCOS, POR EL PINTOR ARGENTINO B. quinquela MARTIN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45 x 66 7/8 in. (114.3 x 170 cm.)
Painted circa 1930.

Benito Quinquela Martín, pintor argentino, obras de museos y galerías, Buenos Aires, 1934, p. 23.
G. Saber, ed., Quinquela Martín: Pintor, Buenos Aires, 1945,
p. 72 (illustrated).
R. Squirru and I. Gutiérrez Zaldívar, Quinquela Martín: Popular y Clásico, Buenos Aires, 1990, p. 79, no. 2402 (illustrated).

Gift from the artist (May 1957).
Darío Quiroga collection, Buenos Aires.
Gift from the above to Dr. Oscar Mandó, Buenos Aires.
Colección Alvear de Zurbarán, Buenos Aires.
Private collection, Buenos Aires.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Benito Quinquela Martín (Argentinian 1890-1977)
Cementerio de barcos
signed 'quinquela MARTIN' (lower left) signed again, inscribed and titled 'CEMENTERIO DE BARCOS, POR EL PINTOR ARGENTINO B. quinquela MARTIN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45 x 66 7/8 in. (114.3 x 170 cm.)
Painted circa 1930.