MARTÍN RAMÍREZ (1895-1963)
MARTÍN RAMÍREZ (1895-1963)
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM A. FAGALY, SOLD TO BENEFIT PROSPECT NEW ORLEANS
MARTÍN RAMÍREZ (1895-1963)

Untitled (Horse and Rider), circa 1953

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MARTÍN RAMÍREZ (1895-1963)
Untitled (Horse and Rider), circa 1953
graphite, charcoal and crayon on paper
18 x 24 in.
來源
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above, 2003
展覽
New Orleans, Tulane University, Newcomb Art Gallery, Drawn From New Orleans: Twentieth-Century Works From Private Collections, 24 April- 30 June 2007.
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This work has been granted clear title by the Estate of Martín Ramírez.

榮譽呈獻

Cara Zimmerman
Cara Zimmerman Head of Americana and Outsider Art

拍品專文

Martín Ramírez drew what he knew, from animals and horsemen in his native Mexico to railroads and cars that marked his early experiences in the United States. Born in Jalisco, Mexico, he spent five years as a sharecropper and journeyman laborer before purchasing a small piece of land near his hometown. He had difficulty repaying the loans for this purchase, so he left for the United States in search of temporary work on August 24, 1925. In January 1931 Ramírez was picked up by the San Joaquin County, California police and sent to the Stockton State Hospital with a diagnosis of manic depression. Transferred to the DeWitt State Hospital in Auburn, California in 1948, he remained institutionalized until his death on February 17, 1963. After the artist’s arrival at DeWitt, psychologist Dr. Tarmo Pasto noticed Ramírez’s drawings and provided a steady supply of paper and pencils, preserved his work and arranged exhibitions.

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