Lot #450: JALED MUYAES - Non-Objective Composition #17 - Pen and ink with watercolor highlights

 

Artist: Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007).
Title: "Non-Objective Composition #17".
Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor highlights.
Date: Composed 1949.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 7/8 x 13 9/16 in. (225 x 344 mm). Image size: 8 1/2 x 10 5/16 in. (216 x 262 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pen, lower right. Sr. Muyaes always signed his work "Kena" or "S. Kena," or, if initialed, "K." or "S.K.". Light soiling at edges, not affecting image; otherwise fine condition. From the collection of Estela Ogazon. Comment(s): Muyaes signed his work "Kena," "S. Kena," "Silvestre Kena," "Silvestre," or, if initialed, "K." or "S.K." Works by Muyaes, a noted Mexican painter and sculptor, rarely appear on the market. Born in Chile, he moved to Mexico City as a young man and became an integral part of the intellectual circle there (e.g., he was intimately acquainted with the great poet Pablo Neruda during Neruda's Mexico years). Image copyright © The Estate of Jaled Muyaes. [19586-0-175]