$1,000
Diego Rivera (Mexico, 1886-1957) unframed chalk drawing depicting a girl playing or working with a block or brick. Measures 14" in height with width of 16-7/8". No authentication paperwork accompanies this piece, however signature and style are consistent with those of known works by the artist. It does come with the original bill of sale where it was purchased by Jack Beny from Diego Rivera, & the document is signed by Diego Rivera himself. (See photographs). Provenance: from the estate of a prominent Texas collector, who acquired it from Jack Beny, a friend of the collector. Furthermore, the consignor was known to not only to have collected quite an amazing assortment of notable art, but to have befriended a vast majority of the artists of whose work was acquired, including Diego Rivera.Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera, was born on December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, mexico to a well-to-do family, the son of Maria del Pilar Barrientos & Diego Rivera Acosta. Rivera had a twin brother named Carlos, who died when they were two years of age. He was said to have Converso ancestry (having ancestors who were forced to convert from Judaism to Catholicism), & considered Jewishness to be a dominant element throughout his life. He began drawing (on walls in his home) at the age of three, so his parents installed chalkboards & canvases on their home walls. From the age of 10, Rivera studied art at
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-12-17
