Lefebre Gallery, New York
Sale: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Inc., New York, 19th and 20th Century Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, May 7, 1981, lot 118, illustrated
The Collection of Dolores Smithies, Key Biscayne
Thence by descent to the present owner

New York, Lefebre Gallery, Antonio Segui, Recent Paintings, 1977, illustrated on the cover
New York, Center for InterAmerican Relations; Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Monterrey, 1980, Realism and Latin American Painting: The 70s, no. 35

This work is well stretched, though somewhat eccentrically, as the beveled edge is facing away from the canvas. The pigment is thinly applied to the back, or unprimed side, of a gessoed piece of linen. Under ultraviolet light it reads ambiguously, but there are retouches running through the dark grasses along the bottom edge of the picture addressing some weakness here. Apart from a few isolated retouches the remainder of the work is in beautiful condition and should be hung as is. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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