Untitled (Dancing Figure), an illustration for the Rene Maran novel "Batouala", page 50
Miguel Duclaud Covarrubias, Mexican, 1904 - 1957
about 1932
Ink on paper
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marc F. Efron, Class of 1965
2015.71
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in ink, lower right: COVARRUBIAS; numbered, in graphite, on reverse, lower left, : #561; Gallery Label: GALERIA DE ARTE / MISRACHI, S.A. / Genova 20 Mexico, D.F. [printed] Autor [printed] MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS. [typed] Tecnica [printed] TINTA SOBRE PAPEL [typed] Fecha [printed] S. FECHA [typed] Titulo [printed] Dibjuo # 15 [typed] Medidas [printed] .19 x .28 [typed] No. [printed] 10-133 / M Second Label: Typed, P 476 Covarrubias, Miguel / "Native Dancer" / Pencil (71/2 x 11)
Provenance
Galeria de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City, Meixco; sold to Samuel Efron (1916-1997) and Hope Bachrach Newman Efron (1918-2013), probably late 1960's or early 1970''s; bequeathed to their son, Marc F. Efron, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 2013; given to present collection, 2015.
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