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Cerco de noches
Details
DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (1896-1974)
Cerco de noches
signed 'Siqueiros' (lower right); signed again, dated and inscribed 'CERCO DE NOCHES en que las sombras VA [sic] aprisionando a la LUZ. SIQUEIROS C.P. Mex 4-9-1964' (on the reverse)
pyroxylin on panel
23 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (60.3 x 45.1 cm.)
Painted in September 1964
Cerco de noches
signed 'Siqueiros' (lower right); signed again, dated and inscribed 'CERCO DE NOCHES en que las sombras VA [sic] aprisionando a la LUZ. SIQUEIROS C.P. Mex 4-9-1964' (on the reverse)
pyroxylin on panel
23 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (60.3 x 45.1 cm.)
Painted in September 1964
Provenance
Bernard and Edith Lewin, California.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California (gift from the above, 1997).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 20 November 2008, lot 287.
Private collection, Washington.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 24 May 2018, lot 136.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California (gift from the above, 1997).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 20 November 2008, lot 287.
Private collection, Washington.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 24 May 2018, lot 136.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mexican Masterpieces from the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection, November 1997-February 1998, n.p. (titled Montañas).
Further details
We are grateful to Professor Irene Herner for her assistance cataloguing this work.
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