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Art and Fine Press
Lot 117

DIEGO RIVERA SKETCHES IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Two autograph books containing 4 line drawings by Diego Rivera, signed "Diego Rivera" or "DR," together with signatures, doodles, sketches and greetings from a variety of others.

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21 November 2023, 10:00 EST
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US$5,000 - US$7,000

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DIEGO RIVERA SKETCHES IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Two autograph books containing 4 line drawings by Diego Rivera, signed "Diego Rivera" or "DR," together with signatures, doodles, sketches and greetings from a variety of others. 2 volumes, small oblong 8vo, with black padded leatherette covers, one with ownership signature of Lydia Cohen. Contributors also include Carmen Rivera, and a number of unidentified signers, with many of the inscriptions in Hebrew, dating from the 1920s and 1930s. Some wear and browning.
Provenance: Lydia Cohen, by descent to current owners.

While Diego Rivera was working on the Detroit Industry Murals in 1932-1933, he and his wife Carmen were entertained at the home of the Cohen family in Detroit, where Lydia Cohen and her sister, both teenagers at the time, obtained their signatures. Diego Rivera provided four sketches, two in each of the albums.

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