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    David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Untitled, 1963. Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper. 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 ...

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    • Works on Paper, David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Untitled, 1963. Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper. 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 ...
    • Works on Paper, David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Untitled, 1963. Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper. 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 ...
    • Works on Paper, David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Untitled, 1963. Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper. 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 ...
    Works on Paper, David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Untitled, 1963. Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper. 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 ... Works on Paper, David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Untitled, 1963. Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper. 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 ... Works on Paper, David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Untitled, 1963. Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper. 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 ... View More >
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    David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974)
    Untitled, 1963
    Pyroxylin and ink wash on paper
    13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches (33.7 x 21.6 cm) (sheet)
    Signed, dated, and inscribed lower right: Siqueiros / C P. 18-63
    Bears various inscriptions verso by the artist

    PROVENANCE:
    Louis Ross collection, Burbank, California;
    Private collection, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above.

    LITERATURE:
    Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Siqueiros: Exposicin Retrospectiva 1911-1967, exhibition catalogue, Mexico City, 1967, p. 40.

    NOTE:
    We are grateful to Dr. Irene Herner for her assistance cataloguing this work. According to Dr. Herner, Siqueiros created this work during his painful time in prison. Using white pyroxylin paint and black ink, the artist depicts on a spiral notebook page a shoeless, naked, androgynous, possibly Mesoamerican subject. This work is one of several studies Siqueiros designed for a mural in Mexico titled El drama y la comedia en la vida social de México, which he concluded after leaving prison in 1966. The lot is accompanied by Dr. Herner's documentary essay from September 2019.



    Condition Report*: Sheet is loose; four small, all less the 2 inch, creases to the center left edge; one small loss to the upper right corner; overall slight yellowing to the sheet.
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    November, 2019
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