Sold for:
$123

F. Jara Caldas (Ecuadorian, 20th Century) Four Unstretched Oils on Canvas: Two Portrait Heads of a Man with a White Beard (one smoking a cigarette) , Peasant with Basket Seated in a Doorway , and Peasants Gouped Bedside a Hut Door . Three signed "F. Jara Caldas" l.r., Smoker unsigned, Peasant with Basket dated "1920" beneath the signature. Sizes to 22 x 29 in. Condition: Craquelure, creasing, rippling, abrasions, surface grime. Provenance: Purchased in South America, most likely in the 1930s, by an American who traveled widely across the continent, with a focus on Ecuador.


Skinner

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-03-31