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Provenance

Albert Bender, San Francisco (acquired directly from the artist through Ralph Stackpole) Beaux-Arts Galleries, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Mrs. Eldridge Spencer, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Mrs. Irma Rudin, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 5 April 1978, lot 11 (consigned by the above) Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Sotheby's, New York, 27 November 1984, lot 19 (consigned by the above) Private Collection, San Juan (acquired at the above sale) Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1990, lot 11 (consigned by the above) Private Collection, California (acquired at the above sale) Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Diego Rivera: Cincuenta Años de su Labor Artistica , 1951, no. 742, n.p., illustrated San Francisco Museum of Art, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition , 1955, no. 72

Literature

Bertram D. Wolfe, Portrait of Mexico , London and New York, 1937, no. 26, n.p., illustrated Antonio Souza, "Los niños mexicanos pintados por Diego Rivera," Artes de México , vol. 5, issue 27, July 1959, no. 11, n.p., illustrated Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, eds., Diego Rivera: Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete , Mexico City, 1989, no. 732, p. 99, illustrated

Catalog summary

Property from a Private Collection, California Diego Rivera 1886 - 1957 Retrato de Delfina Flores signed Diego Rivera and dated 27 (lower right); signed Diego Rivera and dated Mexico 1927 (on the reverse) encaustic on canvas 16 ¼ by 12 ⅛ in. 41.3 by 30.8 cm. Executed in 1927. We wish to thank Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his kind assistance in confirming the authenticity of this lot. Provenance Albert Bender, San Francisco (acquired directly from the artist through Ralph Stackpole) Beaux-Arts Galleries, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Mrs. Eldridge Spencer, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Mrs. Irma Rudin, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 5 April 1978, lot 11 (consigned by the above) Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Sotheby's, New York, 27 November 1984, lot 19 (consigned by the above) Private Collection, San Juan (acquired at the above sale) Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1990, lot 11 (consigned by the above) Private Collection, California (acquired at the above sale) Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner Exhibited Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Diego Rivera: Cincuenta Años de su Labor Artistica , 1951, no. 742, n.p., illustrated San Francisco Museum of Art, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition , 1955, no. 72 Literature Bertram D. Wolfe, Portrait of Mexico , London and New York, 1937, no. 26, n.p., illustrated Antonio Souza, "Los niños mexicanos pintados por Diego Rivera," Artes de México , vol. 5, issue 27, July 1959, no. 11, n.p., illustrated Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, eds., Diego Rivera: Catálogo General de Obra de Caballete , Mexico City, 1989, no. 732, p. 99, illustrated