Lot 256: FRANCISCO ZUNIGA ( MEXICO / PR US 1912-1998) "LA MECEDORA" MIX MEDIA ON PAPER

In the Style of Francisco Zuniga ( Mexican / Puerto Rico Rican American 1912 - 1998 ) " La Mecedora " ( the Rocking Chair ) Original Mixed-Media Work on Paper Executed in Watercolor Pastel and Charcoal Signed and Dated Lower Right Zuniga 1965 a Powerful Example of ZunigaS Celebrated Figurative Language Centered on the Monumental Presence and Quiet Dignity of the Female Figure the Composition Brings Together a Seated Woman and a Reclining Figure within a Bentwood Rocking Chair Rendered through Zunigas Characteristically Robust Draftsmanship Sculptural Forms and Restrained Yet Expressive Treatment of the Human Figure the Work is Particularly Notable for Its Combination of Watercolor Pastel and Charcoal Allowing the Artist to Build Subtle Tonal Transitions Strong Contours and Tactile Surface Effects Directly by Hand Presented in a Gilt Wood Frame Featuring a Prominent Reeded Fluted Profile with Multiple Linear Grooves Glazed with Plexiglass and Constructed as a Shadowbox with the Artwork Mounted to the Backboard Approx: 2"L 23 1/8"H Art: 25 3/8"L 19 5/8"H His Art is Held in Major Institutional Collections Including the Metropolitan Museum of Art Museo De Arte Moderno in Mexico City and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden We Provide Efficient and Economical in-House Shipping Services US & Worldwide Also Including White Glove Door-to-Door Delivery Service with Personal Drivers Across the Tri-State Area for Further Details Please Select 'Buyer Arranged Shipping' and Contact Our Office in Overall Good Condition Please View All Photographs Closely Out of a New York City Estate Private Collection Thank You for Bidding with Gold Coast Auctioneers 50 Werman Ct Plainview NY 11803 Tel 516-586-3992 We Are Now Accepting Consignments for Our Future Auction Search Words: Latin American Modernism Mexican Modernism Latin American Art Mexican Art Costa Rican Art Indigenismo Indigenist Art Indigenous Representation Mesoamerican Influence Central American Art Mexican Figurative Art Modern Figurative Art Figurative Expressionism Modernist Drawing Modernist Works on Paper Works on Paper Original Drawing Unique Work on Paper Mixed-Media Drawing Figure Study Figure Drawing Female Figure Seated Figure Reclining Figure Monumental Female Figure Indigenous Woman Indigenous Female Figure Mesoamerican Woman Mexican Woman Rebozo Maternal Figure Reclining Woman Seated Woman Contemplative Figure Sculptural Drawing Sculptural Line Volumetric Form Monumental Form Anatomical Draftsmanship Expressive Draftsmanship Contour Drawing Tonal Modeling Charcoal Drawing Pastel Drawing Watercolor Drawing Mixed Technique Hand-Executed Work Unique Variant Preparatory Study Related Composition Graphic Arts Latin American Graphic Art Mexican Graphic Art Latin American Figurative Tradition Mexican School Escuela Mexicana Post-Revolutionary Mexican Art Modern Mexican Masters 20Th Century Latin American Art Mid-Century Latin American Art Mid-Century Modernism Figurative Modernism Social Realism Humanist Art Cultural Identity Indigenous Identity Feminine Archetype Monumentality Sculptural Sensibility Pre-Columbian Influence Pre-Columbian Aesthetics Ancient Mesoamerican Influence Pan-American Art Pan-American Graphic Arts Latin American Collecting Latin American Art Market Modern Masters Museum Collections Diego Rivera Jos? Clemente Orozco David Alfaro Siqueiros Rufino Tamayo Alfredo Zalce Olga Costa Mar?a Izquierdo Frida Kahlo Agust?n Lazo Federico Cant? Juan Soriano Luis Nishizawa Mathias Goeritz Germ?n Cueto Oliverio Mart?nez Guillermo Meza Francisco Toledo Fernando Botero Wifredo Lam Roberto Matta Joaquin Torres-Garcia Jose Luis Cuevas Gego Martins Isamu Noguchi Henry Moore Auguste Rodin Drawings iga Watercolors Lithographs Woodcuts Mexican Women Francisco Mesoamerican Figures Francisco La Mecedora Rocking Chair Female Figure Studies Figurative Works Original Drawings Indigenismo Mexican Modernism Female Figure Sculptural Drawing Works on Paper Pre-Columbian Influence