LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

31.89 in. (81.00 cm.) (height) by 23.62 in. (60.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Pettoruti- 934' l.r.

Exhibited:

La Plata, Tercer Salón del Argentino, Pettoruti, August 1936, no. 2.Buenos Aires, Amigos del Arte, 1940, no. 22.Buenos Aires, Salón Peuser, 1948, no. 20.Avellaneda, Gente de Arte, 1949.Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cinquante Ans de Peinture, 1964, no. 57.La Plata, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, 1965.Buenos Aires, Galería Fundación, Un Clásico en la Vanguardia, August 1988.

Literature:

J. Payró, E. Pettoruti, Editorial Poseidón, Buenos Aires, 1945, no. 44 (illustrated).J. Payró, E. Pettoruti, Editorial Peuser, Buenos Aires, 1948, no. 8 (illustrated).Exhibition catalogue, Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires, 1951, p. 33 (illustrated).Cordova Iturburu, Pettoruti, Biblioteca del Sesquicentenario, Dirección General de Cultura, Buenos Aires, 1963, no. 26 (illustrated).J. Romero Brest, Un Clásico en la Vanguardia, 1987, p. 156, no. 294 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Hortencia and Tomás Tarazi collection, Buenos Aires.Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1991, lot 27 (illustrated).Private collection, Mexico City.Acquired from the above by the present owner.