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    22 - 23 May 2012

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    • Francisco Zúñiga (Costa Rican/
    Lot 173

    Francisco Zúñiga (Costa Rican/Mexican 1912-1998)

    Mujer de cuclillas con tocado

    Price realised

    USD 86,500

    Estimate

    USD 70,000 - USD 90,000

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    Francisco Zúñiga (Costa Rican/Mexican 1912-1998)
    Mujer de cuclillas con tocado
    signed, dated and numbered 'ZÚÑIGA, 1971, 0/III' (on the verso of the figure's head)
    bronze with dark brown patina
    31 1/8 x 27¼ x 25 3/8 in. (79.1 x 69.2 x 64.5 cm.)
    Executed in 1971.
    Artist's proof, edition of three.

    Provenance

    Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles.
    Acquired from the above by the present owner (1984).

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Contemporary Mexican Artists, Palm Springs, B. Lewin Galleries, n/d (another cast illustrated in color).
    Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga: An Exhibition of Drawings and Sculpture, San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1971, p. 8 (another cast illustrated).
    Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga: An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawing, Syracuse, New York, Everson Museum of Art, 1977, p. 15-16 (another cast illustrated).
    C.F. Echeverría, Zúñiga, Ediciones Galería de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City, 1980, p. 140-141, no. 142 (another cast illustrated in color).
    J. Lassaigne, Francisco Zúñiga, Editions Brewster, New York, 1982, p. 50, (another cast illustrated).
    Exhibition catalogue, Francisco Zúñiga: Homenaje Nacional, Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1994, p. 22 (another cast illustrated).
    Francisco Zúñiga: Catálogo Razonado, Volumen I, Escultura 1923-1993, Albedrío & Fundación Zúñiga Laborde, Mexico City, 1999, p. 347, no. 588 (another cast illustrated).


    Lot Essay

    We are grateful to Mr. Ariel Zúñiga for his assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work.

    Other information

    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED BEVERLY HILLS COLLECTION

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