Lot #2616: JALED MUYAES - Non-objective Composition #10 - Ink and watercolor

 

Artist: Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007).
Title: "Non-objective Composition #10".
Medium: Ink and watercolor.
Date: Composed 1949.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 15/16 x 13 13/16 in. (227 x 351 mm). Image size: 8 11/16 x 11 3/4 in. (221 x 298 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $175
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $250/300
Lot Note(s): Signed "Kena '49," lower right.
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. [19243-0-175-NA]