#8728 • Diego Rivera 1940s (5) Original Drawings W/COA

Part of Vietnamese Royal Family & Grandee Estates (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

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Status: Sold

Est. $500,000-$5,000,000 Diego Rivera (Mexican; 1886-1957) 1940s "Estudios para Desnudos" Series of 5 Original Signed Charcoal & Sanguine on Paper Drawings Framed W/COA & Digital Analysis by Ruth Alvarado Rivera - This stunningly rare series is a series of five nude studies by prominent Mexican muralist and painter, Diego Rivera. The drawings are charcoal and sanguine on paper, and depict Oaxacan women. The pieces were created in the early 1940s, and all are signed by the artist. Two of the drawings measure 14" x 18" (16" x 20" in frame), two are 12" x 16" (14" x 18" in frame) and one is 16" x 20" (19" x 23" in frame), and all have been professionally framed in a wooden frame under glass. Please see photos of the "Digital Analysis" for each work for measurements of each piece. The works will come with one Certificate of Authenticity that encapsulates all five of the studies, from Conoculta INBA signed by Ruth Maria Alvarado Rivera. Ruth Maria Alvarado Rivera, was the granddaughter of Diego Rivera, and the authorized person in charge of authenticating his work, along with Frida Kahlo's. The series will also come with (5) "Analisis Digital de la Obra" (digital analysis of the work) done by Ruth Alvarado Rivera, one for each piece with detailed measurements, all signed by Ruth Rivera. This is truly a spectacular investment piece, as Diego Rivera's works can bring record setting prices. His paintings have sold at auction for over $3 Million, and a recent private sale for over $15 Million set a world record price for any work of Latin American art. Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter, whose large frescoes helped establish the Mexican mural movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. With his socially and politically expansive artistic vision, narrative focus, and use of symbolic imagery, Rivera inspired such diverse artists as Ben Shahn, Thomas Hart Benton, and Jackson Pollock.