Miguel Covarrubias

Tehuanas

Session begins in

May 14, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Bid

30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Washington

Miguel Covarrubias

1904 - 1957

Tehuanas

signed Covarrubias (lower right)

gouache, brush and ink and watercolor on paper laid down on board

22 by 15 ⅛ in.

55.9 by 38.4 cm.

Executed circa 1942.

Please note that the correct estimate for this work is $50,000 - 70,000.

Dr. George and Dr. Mary Foster, Berkeley (acquired directly from the artist)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Miguel Covarrubias, "Women of Fashion in Tehuantepec, Mexico," Vogue, vol. 99, issue 1, 15 January 1942, p. 53, illustrated in color (captioned For Every Day: Conservative "Sarong," Modern Ruffles)

Miguel Covarrubias, Mexico South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, New York, 1962, p. 246, illustrated in color (titled Old Lady and Girl in Everyday Dress)