Lot #1303: OLGA COSTA - Retrato de una mujer joven - Pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Olga Costa (Ukranian/German/Mexican, 1913-1993).
Title: "Retrato de una mujer joven".
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1980.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 9/16 x 6 5/8 in. (217 x 168 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $400/500
Lot Note(s): Hand-signed in pencil, lower left. Drawn on light cream wove paper. Good to very good condition; a few handling dimples; several small soft creases, all outside of image; INBA stamp lower right, recto. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the INBA (The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes); Private collection, Mexco City.
Comment(s): Olga Kostakowsky, better known as Olga Costa, was a painter and influential cultural promoter of Mexican Modernism. She arrived in Mexico when she was 12 years old and spent the rest of her life there. Image copyright © The Estate of Olga Costa. [30693-1-300-NA]