Lot 339: Benito Rebolledo Correa (Chilean, 1880-1964)

Benito Rebolledo Correa (Chilean, 1880-1964)
A woman at the water's edge
signed and dated '1938/Bendito Robelledo' (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 3/8 x 27½ in. (90 x 70 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 May 1996, lot 115, when acquired by the present owner ($77,300),

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Benito Rebolledo Correa was profoundly influenced by Spanish artists such as Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor and Joaquín Sorolla. In its luminosity, Impressionist brushwork and subject matter, the present work is particularly close to the Valencian beach scenes of the latter.