OLGA COSTA (1913 1993) Oaxaqueña molienda de cacao

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OLGA COSTA (1913 - 1993)
Oaxaqueña molienda de cacao.

Color crayon with watercolor resist on wove paper, 1941. 610x484 mm; 24x19 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower 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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By 1941, the year this work on paper was created, Olga Costa had moved from San Miguel de Allende to Mexico City, where she opened her Espiral gallery, representing artists such as Angelina Beloff and Francisco Zúñiga. During its two years in operation, Espiral became a gathering place for contemporary creatives and eventually formed the basis for the Sociedad de Arte Moderno in 1943.

Costa, born Olga Kostakowsky in Leipzig, emigrated with her family to Mexico in 1925. She became part of Mexican muralist circle of artists, including Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, and married the painter José Chávez Morado in 1935. During their marriage, Costa and Chávez Morado amassed an eclectic collection of Mexican folk art and archeological artifacts which they later donated to museums in Guanajuato. Surely this collection of "el gusto mexicano" inspired Costa's works; as she often painted from her surroundings.