LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

28.35 in. (72.00 cm.) (height) by 20.08 in. (51.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower left

Exhibited:

Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, 1989; Mexico City, Museo Franz Mayer, May 3-June 30, 1990, . Las Castas Mexicanas: Un género pictórico americano .

Literature:

Maria José Rodilla, "Un Quevedo en Nueva España Satiriza las Castas," . Artes de México: Las Pinturas de Castas , ed. 8, 1990, p. 42-43, illustrated in color . Ilona Katzew,. Casta Painting: Images of Race in 18th-Century Mexico , New Haven, 2004, no. 44-45, p. 28-29, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Felipe Siegel, Mexico City. Acquired from the above by the present owner .