Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(FOTOESCULTURA)
Mexican folk portrait of a well-dressed, mustachioed man. Delicately hand-colored silver print affixed to a hand-carved wooden armature that coherently incorporates the mounted photograph with a dimensional polychromed bust of a smart looking black suit jacket, collared shirt, black tie, and white pocket square, measuring approximately 9x5 1/2 inches (22.9x14 cm.). The piece includes an elegant carved circular wooden display frame, approximately 14x8 inches (35.6x20.3 cm.); also includes the original sheet of protective beveled glass. Circa 1940s

Additional Details

This fotoescultura was exhibited at the Izu Museum in Japan in 2010.