Lot #1196: JALED MUYAES - Non-Objective Composition #16 - Pen and ink with watercolor accents

 

Artist: Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007).
Title: "Non-Objective Composition #16".
Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor accents.
Date: Composed 1952.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 13/16 x 12 13/16 in. (249 x 325 mm). Image size: 9 x 12 3/4 in. (229 x 324 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; soft creasing, bottom right corner; stain, 3/16 in. on middle, right of paper, otherwise fine condition. 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. [19587-0-200]