Auction: Discovery - 2924TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: September 08, 2016 10:00AM
Description:
Ecuadorian School, 20th Century
Ten Unstretched Landscape Oils:El Cotopaxi-(antigua carretera), Cotopaxi, Vista de los Chillos, Los Chillos, Una Choza (costumb... indigenos), Mountain Hut with Foreground Figure, Four Landscapes with Distant Mountains or Volcanoes. Most signed "J.A. Oquendo S," one dated to 1921, some titled on the reverse. Sizes to 21 x 30 in. Condition: Craquelure, abrasions, minor paint losses, surface grime.
Provenance: Purchased in South America, most likely in the 1930s, by an American who traveled widely across the continent, with a focus on Ecuador.
Estimate $150-250
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