Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints Zapata Sets Print Record for Diego Rivera at $45k With seven records and a standout selection of Latin American art, our sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints on Thursday, May 2 offered works by the greatest innovators in the field. Lot 363: Diego Rivera, Zapata, lithograph, 1932. Sold for $45,000, a record for any print by Rivera. Latin American Art The house’s largest-ever offering of Latin American prints and originals proved to be popular. Of the selection Todd Weyman, Vice President and Director of Prints & Drawings, remarked: “While bidding on our multiple platforms was spirited as usual in this auction, with many international buyers, it was especially heightened during our first-ever focused, standalone catalogue of Latin American Art, where we set a record for any lithograph by Diego Rivera, and records for color Mixografia prints by Rufino Tamayo.” Lot 414: Rufino Tamayo, Sandias con Manzana, color mixografia, 1985. Sold for $22,100, a record for the print. Highlights included two 1932 lithographs by Rivera: Zapata, which brought $45,000, a record for any print by the artist, and El Sueño (La Noche de los Pobres), which earned $27,500. Mixografia prints by Tamayo found success with Dos Personajes atacados por Perros, 1983, selling for $23,400, and a record was set for Sandias con Manzana, 1985, at $22,100. Pablo Picasso A run of works by Pablo Picasso included the 1934 aquatint Garçon et Dormeuse à la Chandelle ($35,000), the 1934 portfolio, Lysistrata, with a complete set of six etchings ($31,200). Lot 267: Pablo Picasso, Tête de Femme, lithograph, 1945. Sold for $21,250, a record for the print. Tête de Femme, lithograph, 1954 ($21,250, a record for the print), and Sueño y Mentira de Franco, 1937, a pair of etchings representing the artist’s earliest political work ($18,750). Modern Luminaries Lot 328: Joan Miró, Danseuse Créole, color aquatint & etching, 1978. Sold for $35,000, a record for the print. Records for Joan Miró color aquatints included Danseuse Créole, 1978, at $35,000 and L’Etranglé, 1974, at $27,500. The 1947 color pochoir print L’Enterrement de Pierrot by Henri Matisse set a record at $27,500, and M. C. Escher’s classic woodcut, Sky and Water I, 1938 earned $31,200. George Stubbs Lot 132: George Stubbs, Two Tygers (or A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard), etching, 1788. Sold for $45,000, a record for the subject. The top lot in the sale was George Stubbs’ Two Tygers (or A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard), etching, 1788, which garnered a record for the subject at $45,000. Also of note was James A. M. Whistler’s etching Long Venice, 1879-80, which brought $20,000. Lot 89: Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait Drawing at a Window, etching & drypoint, 1648. Sold for $27,500. Complete Results. More about selling at Swann. Share Facebook Twitter May 9, 2019Author: Kelsie JankowskiCategory: Old Master Through Modern Prints Tags: Diego Rivera George Stubbs Henri Matisse James A. M. Whistler Joan Miro Latin American Art M. C. Escher mixografia Modern Art Old Master through Modern Prints Pablo Picasso Rufino Tamayo Previous The Pride Sale Next A Look at Roy Lichtenstein’s Early Works Recommended Posts 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings: Upcoming in March 2020 Prints & Drawings January 28, 2020 James A.M. Whistler in the 1913 Armory Show Prints & Drawings October 23, 2013 Artist Profile: Louis Lozowick Old Master Through Modern Prints November 2, 2020