Diego Rivera
Woman Washing Clothes in a River Among Buzzards , 1928 (Dated)
Lot #692 |
2025-11-21 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 400,000 - 600,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11730
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-11-21
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 22 by 17 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
55.9
Width In Centimeters:
43.2
Height In Inches:
22
Width In Inches:
17
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Year notes: Dated in 1928.
Provenance
George Biddle, New York (acquired as a gift from the artist in 1928) Private Collection, New York (acquired by descent from the above) Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York Private Collection, Texas (acquired from the above in 2010) Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Bentonville, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Diego Rivera's America, 2022-23, p. 49, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Property from a Distinguished Latin American Collection Diego Rivera 1886 - 1957 Woman Washing Clothes in a River Among Buzzards signed Diego Rivera, dedicated and dated 1928 (lower left) oil and encaustic on canvas 22 by 17 in. 55.9 by 43.2 cm. Executed in 1928. We wish to thank Professor Luis-MartĂn Lozano for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot. Provenance George Biddle, New York (acquired as a gift from the artist in 1928) Private Collection, New York (acquired by descent from the above) Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York Private Collection, Texas (acquired from the above in 2010) Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner Exhibited San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Bentonville, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Diego Rivera's America, 2022-23, p. 49, illustrated in color