OLGA COSTA (1913 1993) Oaxaqueña con un collar oro

Sale 2696 - Lot 78

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OLGA COSTA (1913 - 1993)
Oaxaqueña con un collar oro.

Oil on board mounted to masonite, 1949. 775x437 mm; 30x17¼ inches. Signed and dated upper left.

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by private collector, Mexico City and New York.
Thence by descent to current owner, New York.

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Oaxaqueña con un collar oro echoes the Mexican folk art aesthetic, likely inspired by Olga Costa's large collection of Mexican folk art and archeological artifacts which she later donated to museums in Guanajuato. Gold was especially important, and even sacred, to Pre-Columbian societies like the Aztecs. It is similarly exalted in this painting.