Juan O'Gorman

Lot 14: Juan O'Gorman (Mexican 1905-1982)

Name: Juan O'Gorman (Mexican 1905-1982)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 739eaa5403

Est: $200,000 USD - $300,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 15, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Juan O'Gorman (Mexican 1905-1982)
El reino vegetal es un país lejano
titled, inscribed, signed and dated 'EL REINO VEGETAL ES UN PAIS LEJANO, del poema 'DISCURSO POR LAS FLORES' de CARLOS PELLICER. ptado Juan O'Gorman, año de 1947' (lower right)
tempera on masonite
15 x 22¾ in. (38 x 57.8 cm.)
Painted in 1947.

Artist or Maker

Juan O'Gorman

Exhibited

Mexico City, INBA, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, n/d.

Literature

A. Luna Arroyo, Juan O'Gorman: Premio Nacional de Pintura, Cuadernos Populares de Pintura Mexicana Moderna, Mexico City, 1973, p. 501 (illustrated).

Provenance

Dr. Harold E. Moore collection, Ithaca, New York.
By descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Boston.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 21 November 2006, lot 28 (illustrated in color).
Acquired from the above.

Notes

Auction Details

Latin American Paintings

Christie's

November 15, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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