Alfonso Michel

Lot 209: Alfonso Michel (Mexican 1897-1957)

Name: Alfonso Michel (Mexican 1897-1957)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: huq4rdk383

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 19, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Alfonso Michel (Mexican 1897-1957)
Mandolina
signed and dated 'Michel 57' (lower right)
oil on masonite
37 x 24 in. (94 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1956-1957.

Artist or Maker

Alfonso Michel

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Alfonso Michel, May-August 1991.
Monterrey, MARCO, Alfonso Michel, October- November 1991.

Literature

O. Debroise, Alfonso Michel, El Desconocido, Galería Colección de Arte Mexicano, Ediciones Era, Mexico City, 1992, cat. 66 (illustrated in color).
Alfonso Michel, Emoción Plástica, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico, 1996, p. 99 (illustrated).

Provenance

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City.
Private collection, Mexico City.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 23 May 2006, lot 29 (illustrated).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Notes

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Galería de Arte Mexicano.

Auction Details

Latin American Sale Evening Session

Christie's

November 19, 2008, 06:30 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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