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Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990- November 19, 2025

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Lot 31

Enrique Zañartu (1921-2000): Personages

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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Oil on canvas, 1956, signed 'Zanartu', dated and inscribed 'Paris' on the reverse, with label from Yale University Art Gallery, Long Beach State College, and The Museum of Modern Art.

39 x 32 in., 39 3/4 x 32 3/4 in. (frame).

Exhibited: MoMA, Recent Acquisitions, March 14- April 30, 1957; The Art Institute of Chicago, The U.S. Collects Pan American Art, Jul 22-September 27, 1959, illust. p. 104; Ambajada de Chile, Howard University Art Gallery, Washington DC, Image of Chile, November 2-23, 1963; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, Latin American Artists Since Independence, Austin, TX, April 17-May 15, 1966; San Francisco Museum of Art, [July 2-August 7, 1966]; La Jolla Museum of Art, San Diego, August 27-September 30, 1966; University of Arizona Art Gallery, Tuscon, November 27, 1966-January 5, 1967; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, February 10-April 9, 1967; Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, New Art in Latin America, September 8-October 8, 1967.

Literature: Painting and Sculpture Collections July 1, 1955 to December 31, 1956, The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art, 1957, vol. 24, p. 39, illust. p. 32.

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A tiny loss at the lower left edge and another lower center left. A few small areas of unobtrusive craquelure. Otherwise in good condition.

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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from the artist, 1956.

Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990- November 19, 2025

Enrique Zañartu (1921-2000): Personages

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