20th Century Art 
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20th Century Art 
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Diego Rivera 1886–1957

Madre con niño en brazos (Totonacan Indian Woman in Traditional Dress from Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico)

1954
watercolor and charcoal on Ingres paper 25 h × 19 w in (63 × 48 cm)
estimate: $18,000–24,000
result: $27,720
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Signed and dated to lower left ‘Diego Rivera 1954’. We would like to thank Professor Luis-Martín Lozano for his assistance in the research and cataloguing of this work.
provenance: The Artist | Collection of Alberto Misrachi Battino | Acquired from the previous in 1954, Central de Publicaciones, Mexico | Private Collection

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If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the artist isn't capable of loving until he forgets himself and sacrifices himself if necessary, if he won't put down his magic brush and head the fight against the oppressor, then he isn't a great artist.

Diego Rivera

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