About the Artwork
Untitled (Tehuanas in Huipil Grande Headdresses)
ca. 1940
Roberto Montenegro
1885 - 1968
Mexican
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Overall: 36 1/8 × 30 inches (91.8 × 76.2 cm)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Museum Purchase, funds from Hill Memorial Fund
2019.99
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Provenance
2014, by descent, the artist's sister, Eva M. Nelson (Los Angeles, California, USA)
May 22-23, 2019, consigned (Christie's, New York, New York, USA)
2019-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Roberto Montenegro, Untitled (Tehuanas in Huipil Grande Headdresses), ca. 1940, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, funds from Hill Memorial Fund, 2019.99.
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