Lot Essay
The mural Retablo de la Independencia was painted in 1960-1961 and is located in in the Museo de la Independencia, Castillo de Chapultepec in Mexico City.
Details
JUAN O'GORMAN
Estudio para el Retablo de la Independencia
signed and dated Juan O'Gorman Mexico 1961 and inscribed Mural de la Independencia mid-center--charcoal, crayon and white chalk on brown paper
38 x 32¾in. (96.5 x 83.2cm.)
Drawn in 1961
Estudio para el Retablo de la Independencia
signed and dated Juan O'Gorman Mexico 1961 and inscribed Mural de la Independencia mid-center--charcoal, crayon and white chalk on brown paper
38 x 32¾in. (96.5 x 83.2cm.)
Drawn in 1961
Provenance
Private collection, Oregon
Literature
A.Luna Arroyo, Juan O'Gorman, Mexico, Cuadernos Populares de Pintura Mexicana Moderna, 1973, p.446 (illustrated)