José Chávez Morado
Los embozados
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 162.500 USD
Price realised: 162.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'CHAVEZ MORADO 55' (lower right) signed and dated again and titled 'CHAVEZ MORADO, 1955 GUANAJUATO - MEXICO, Los Embozados' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
48 x 64 in. (121.9 x 162.6 cm.)
Painted in 1955.
Jorge Espinoza Ulloa collection, Mexico City. | Estate of Jorge Espinoza Ulloa, Mexico City. | Galería Lourdes Chumacero, Mexico City. | Collection of Lance and Erika Aaron, San Antonio, Texas.
oil on masonite
48 x 64 in. (121.9 x 162.6 cm.)
Painted in 1955.
Jorge Espinoza Ulloa collection, Mexico City. | Estate of Jorge Espinoza Ulloa, Mexico City. | Galería Lourdes Chumacero, Mexico City. | Collection of Lance and Erika Aaron, San Antonio, Texas.
A top price for José Chávez Morado
This artwork by José Chávez Morado achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2018. In the Latin American Art auction, the work Los embozados sold for USD 162,500.00 (€ 143,513.20) - well above the upper estimate of USD 70,000.00. This high result makes Los embozados the most expensive artwork by José Chávez Morado that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für José Chávez Morado
Dieses Kunstwerk von José Chávez Morado erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Latin American Art wurde die Arbeit Los embozados für USD 162.500,00 (€ 143.513,20) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Los embozados zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von José Chávez Morado, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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