Lot 478
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957), "The Hacienda in Summer", oil and gouache on paper, signed lower right and inscribed above signature "To Gladys --love/ 1947", 13 3/4 in. x 19 5-8 in. E10000-15000 Provenance: Gladys March (friend of the artist from 1944 to 1957, and co-author [from transcriptions of interviews of Diego Rivera: My Life, My Art: An Autobiography, Citadel Press, New York, 1960); Estate of Gladys March. Note: Said by its recipient from the artist to represent the house in which Gladys March lived during her annual visits to conduct extensive interviews with Diego Rivera, this unusually large and brilliantly colored sheet is affectionately inscribed by the great Mexican artist to his devoted "ghostwriter." In a relationship spanning more than thirty years, Gladys March (who began interviewing Rivera for a series of newspaper articles) recorded some thousands of pages of his reminiscences, anecdotes, and opinions; after his death, she edited them into a fascinating "Autobiography," reflecting the artist's own highly subjective view of his personal and artistic career. Best known as one of the most important mural artists of the 20th c. (through such masterworks as his 1932-1933 frescoes of "Detroit Industry" for the Detroit Institute of Arts)-and as the husband of Frida Kahlo-Rivera was also a very significant artist of easel paintings, drawings and prints. The bold and confident forms of this masterly painting may possibly date from somewhat earlier than Diego's presentation of the sheet to Gladys March.
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