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Lot 632 D

Manuel Rivera - Espejo casi negro (almost black painting)

Auction 1135 - overview Cologne
01.06.2019, 14:00 - Contemporary Art
Estimate: 35.000 € - 45.000 €
Result: 31.000 € (incl. premium)

Manuel Rivera

Espejo casi negro (almost black painting)
1965

Wire netting, wire, metal on oil on wood. 162.5 x 114 cm. Signed ' -M.Rivera-' on wood. Signed, dated, and titled 'MANUEL RIVERA - "ESPEJO CASI NEGRO" 1965 M. Rivera' verso on wood. - Minor traces of age.

Catalogue Raisonné

De la Torre/Rivera P-65-5

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York; Acquavella Modern Art, New York; private collection, Austria

Literature

Manuel Rivera, Memorias 1928-1971, Granada 2007, pp.133-135
Manuel Rivera, exhib.cat. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid i.a., Madrid 1997, p.188
Manuel Rivera, Los dos lados del espejo, Madrid 1981, p.74

Exhibitions

Essen 1994 (Museum Folkwang), Altenburg (Lindenau-Museum), Manuel Rivera, Metamorphosen, Espejos 1956-1966, exhib.cat.no.63, pp.174/175 with colour illus.
Madrid 1966 (Galería Juana Morodó), New York (Pierre Matisse Gallery), Manuel Rivera, Los espejos, exhib.cat.17, p.13 with illus.