Mexican, 1915-2000
Dos Personajes (Two figures), 1945
Signed and dated Gerzso 45 (lr), signed and dated Gerzso 45 and inscribed as titled on the reverse
Oil on wood panel
19 1/2 × 15 inches (49.5 × 38.1 cm)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Property of the Gene C. Gerzso Trust
Exhibited:
Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes,
Gunther Gerzso, exposicion retrospectiva, Aug. - Sep. 1963, no. 8, illustrated
Literature:
Du Pont, Diana, Risking the Abstract: Mexican Modernism and the Art of Gunther
Gerzso, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2003, p. 125, color illus.
Framed dimensions: 25 1/4 x 21 x 2 inches
Sold for $20,000
Estimated at $25,000 - $35,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Mexican, 1915-2000
Dos Personajes (Two figures), 1945
Signed and dated Gerzso 45 (lr), signed and dated Gerzso 45 and inscribed as titled on the reverse
Oil on wood panel
19 1/2 × 15 inches (49.5 × 38.1 cm)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Property of the Gene C. Gerzso Trust
Exhibited:
Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes,
Gunther Gerzso, exposicion retrospectiva, Aug. - Sep. 1963, no. 8, illustrated
Literature:
Du Pont, Diana, Risking the Abstract: Mexican Modernism and the Art of Gunther
Gerzso, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2003, p. 125, color illus.
Framed dimensions: 25 1/4 x 21 x 2 inches
Very light rubs to lower left and lower right corners. An errant speck of silver medium at center right edge, obscured by frame.
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