PROPERTY FROM THE LANCE AARON FAMILY COLLECTION
Roberto Montenegro (1885-1968)
Biombo (Map of the Popular Arts of Mexico)
Details
Roberto Montenegro (1885-1968)
Biombo (Map of the Popular Arts of Mexico)
signed, titled and dated 'Mapa de Las Artes Populares de Mexico, Montenegro Fecit, 1929' (first and second right side panels)
oil on canvas
76 ¾ x 19 ½ x 3/4 in. (200 x 50 x 2 cm.) each, six panels
Executed in 1929.
Biombo (Map of the Popular Arts of Mexico)
signed, titled and dated 'Mapa de Las Artes Populares de Mexico, Montenegro Fecit, 1929' (first and second right side panels)
oil on canvas
76 ¾ x 19 ½ x 3/4 in. (200 x 50 x 2 cm.) each, six panels
Executed in 1929.
Provenance
Alfonso Castaneda, Mexico City.
Galería Itati, Mexico City.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Galería Itati, Mexico City.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
E. Valderas & C. Monsiváis, Roberto Montenegro, La sensualidad renovada, Mexico City, Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana, 2001, p. 109 illustrated.
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, De artesanos y arlequines. Forjando una colección de arte mexicano, 1 December 2005 – 31 January 2006, CONACULTA-INBA, 2005, p. 24 (illustrated in color).
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985,17 September 2017 – 1 April 2018.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985,17 September 2017 – 1 April 2018.