Lot Essay
This work is the original drawing for an illustration that appeared in Mexican Folkways, Vol. 3, no. 1, February-March 1927.
Untitled (Illustration for Mexican Folkways)
Details
Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957)
Untitled (Illustration for Mexican Folkways)
signed 'Diego Rivera' (lower left)
graphite on paper
12 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (31.4 x 23.8 cm.)
Executed in 1927.
Untitled (Illustration for Mexican Folkways)
signed 'Diego Rivera' (lower left)
graphite on paper
12 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (31.4 x 23.8 cm.)
Executed in 1927.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist (1927).
By descent.
Private collection, South Africa.
By descent.
Private collection, South Africa.
Literature
Diego Rivera: Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1989, p. 102, no. 753 (illustrated).