Lot 256: Claudio Girola (Argentinian/Chilean 1923-1994)

Claudio Girola (Argentinian/Chilean 1923-1994)
a.) Untitled
signed and dated 'Claudio, 1959' (on the verso)
tempera, ink, colored pencil and graphite laid on cardboard
25¾ x 19 1/8 in. (65.4 x 48.6 cm.)
Executed in 1959.

b.) Untitled
signed and dated 'Claudio, 1959' (on the verso)
tempera and graphite on paper mounted on paper
24 3/8 x 18¾ in. (61.9 x 47.6 cm.)
Executed in 1959.
Two in one lot. (2)

Santiago, Sala de Arte Fundación Telefónica, Claudio Girola: Invención y travesía 1923-1994, 4 May- 22 July 2007, nos. 106 & 97, respectively. This exhibition also travelled to Mexico City, Museo Rufino Tamayo, 31 January- 13 April 2008.

a.)
S. Arriagada, T. Browne and C. Brunson, Claudio Girola: Tres momentos de arte, invención y travesía 1923-1994, Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 2007, p. 147 & 324, no. 106 (illustrated in color).

b.)
S. Arriagada, T. Browne and C. Brunson, Claudio Girola: Tres momentos de arte, invención y travesía 1923-1994, Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 2007, p. 322, no. 97 (illustrated in color).

Acquired from the artist.
Eliana Lira de Girola collection, Santiago.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM A SOUTH AMERICAN COLLECTOR