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Lot 29: Alfonso Michel (Mexican 1897-1957)

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USMay 23, 2006

Item Overview

Description

Mandolina
signed and dated 'Michel 56' (lower right)
oil on masonite
37 x 24 in. (94 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1956.

Artist or Maker

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, Ediciónes 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.

Notes

Please note that this work is sold with a certificate of authenticity from Galería de Arte Mexicano.

Auction Details

Latin American Art

by
Christie's
May 23, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

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