Lot #1327: DIEGO RIVERA [imputée] - Sans Titre (composition Cubiste) - Oil on canvas

     

Artist: Diego Rivera [imputée] (Mexican, 1886 - 1957).
Title: "Sans Titre (composition Cubiste)".
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Date: Composed c.1912.
Dimensions: Overall size: 59 x 39 1/4 in. (1499 x 997 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $8,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $12,000/15,000
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials ("DMR") lower left. This large work is in good condition with very nice thick impasto throughout; small patches in three places, two to the top and one to the bottom (see images for placement and relative size), with the patches being hardly discernable on the recto in the overall composition; staining on the recto with several areas of vertical striations (not invasive of the paint itself) which should be successfully removed with proper conservation. Presents very well. Provenance: Private collection, Mexico City.
Comment(s): During the decade that Rivera spent in France (1911-1921) he successfully experimented with three styles of painting: Post-Impressionism, the style of Cezanne, and Cubism. He was most intrigued by Cubism-the fracturing of traditional forms, multiple points of perspective, and flattening of the picture plane. Rivera painted over 200 cubist landscapes and cityscapes, still lifes, and portraits during this period. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30599-15-8000-NA]