La modelo (The Female Model)
La modelo (The Female Model)

© Estate of Carlos Orozco Romero

La modelo (The Female Model)
La modelo (The Female Model)

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La modelo (The Female Model),

1939

Carlos Orozco Romero, 1898–1984; born Guadalajara, Mexico; died Mexico City; active Madrid, Paris, and Mexico City
2001-98

Information

Title
La modelo (The Female Model)
Dates

1939

Maker
Carlos Orozco Romero
Medium
Oil on composition board
Dimensions
33 x 25 cm (13 x 9 13/16 in.) frame: 43.2 × 35.5 × 2.8 cm (17 × 14 × 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-98
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Mexico City

Signatures
Signed in oil, lower right: C. Orozco Romero.
Culture
Mexican
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
compressed wood, oil paint
Subject
models (people), women, nudes

Auctioned, Sotheby's, New York, May 18, 1994, sale 6590, lot 340 (bought in). Sold, Christie's, New York, Nov. 27, 1996, sale 8518, lot 163. Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (by 2000; sold to Meginnity); David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL (until 2001; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum).

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