Lot #1157: DIEGO RIVERA - May Day Parade, la Plaza Roja, Moscu - Original color lithograph

 

Artist: Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886 - 1957).
Title: "May Day Parade, la Plaza Roja, Moscu".
Medium: Original color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1932.
Dimensions: Image size: 13 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. (346 x 273 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower left; signed in the stone, lower right. Edition unknown. Thick wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Pictured in "Diego Rivera: Gran Ilustrador" published by the Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, 2007, pg. 213. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by a prominent Mexican collector, then descended in his family, Mexico City.
Comment(s): The famous and highly sought after Fortune Magazine cover for March, 1932 (Volume V, Number 3). Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [19286-3-600-NA]