Framed Tempera on Paper Picapedrero Signed Diego Rivera with Paperwork

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Artist: Diego Rivera (Mexican; 1886-1957)
Title: Picapedrero
Medium: Temera on Paper
Year: 1946
Image size: 15.25" x 10.75"
Presented in … Read more Artist: Diego Rivera (Mexican; 1886-1957)
Title: Picapedrero
Medium: Temera on Paper
Year: 1946
Image size: 15.25" x 10.75"
Presented in a black carved wood frame.
A framed drawing on paper by celebrated Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The work depicts a Picapedrero, a Mexican stonemason, at work of a boy and done with tempera in a brilliant blue color. It was possibly a study for a character on his mural.
The work was from an estate collection in US, and it comes with following provenance both in Spanish:
A COA from Galeria Mexicana De La Editorial Emma Hurtado dated in 1956 signed by Diego Rivera.
A Certificate of the work by INBAL (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura) and CEINDIAP dated 1998.
Emma Hurtado Olín (1907 – 1974), Diego Rivera's last wife, was an entrepreneur, art promoter, and editor. She was a tourism promoter and a defender of workers' rights, advocating for the improvement of labor laws and working conditions—specifically, a continuous eight-hour workday. She founded La Galería Mexicana (o Galería México), later known as the Galería Diego Rivera.
The National Center for Research, Documentation and Information on Visual Arts (Cenidiap) is a Mexican public institution belonging to the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL). Its main mission is the research, preservation, and dissemination of the documentary record of visual arts in Mexico, with a special focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. See less