Jun 15, 2023 - Sale 2641

Sale 2641 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
DIED OF HEART FAILURE SIX MONTHS AFTER SIGNING RIVERA, DIEGO. Typescript Signed, in green ink, in Spanish, a statement written in the third person announcing that medical treatment of a condition caused by hepatitis requires that Rivera rest and decline social engagements. 1 page, 4to, onion skin paper; two punch holes in left margin, numerals written at lower right in unknown hand, folds. San Angel, 30 May 1957

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"Mr. Diego Rivera suffers from fevers, a consequence of hepatitis for which he had to stay in bed for 18 days. He is currently undergoing medical treatment, which entails the most complete rest possible . . . . The rest is combined with his professional work and excludes any other social activity . . . ."