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Lot 267

COVARRUBIAS, Miguel (Mexican, 1904-1957). Portrait of a Wom...

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COVARRUBIAS, Miguel (Mexican, 1904-1957). Portrait of a Woman. Circa 1930s-1940s. Original graphite on paper. Signed by the artist on the lower right corner. 14 x 11?. Minor occasional wrinkling. Mounted onto a matte (matte size: 22 ? x 18 ??). An excellent example of this important artist?s work. Covarrubias was an incredibly talented and versatile man ? he was a painter, caricaturist, ethnologist, and art historian. Along with Matthew W. Sterling, he discovered the Olmec Civilization.