Artist: Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007).
Title: "Untitled".
Medium: Pencil drawing.
Date: Composed 1948.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (378 x 302 mm). Image size: 14 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (375 x 295 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil. Sr. Muyaes always signed his work "Kena" or "S. Kena," or, if initialed, "K." or "S.K.". Condition: minor soiling and creasing throughout; small tears on lower edge. From the collection of Estela Ogazon. Comment(s): Muyaes signed his work "Kena," "S. Kena," "Silvestre Kena," "Silvestre," or, if initialed, "K." or "S.K." Works by Muyaes, a noted Mexican painter and sculptor, rarely appear on the market. Born in Chile, he moved to Mexico City as a young man and became an integral part of the intellectual circle there (e.g., he was intimately acquainted with the great poet Pablo Neruda during Neruda's Mexico years). From the estate of Estela Ogazon Sanchez. Image copyright © The Estate of Jaled Muyaes. [19590-0-150]

Condition: minor soiling and creasing throughout; small tears on lower edge.