Christie’s Latin American Art auction in May and November is one of the pillars of the New York City art market.
Christie’s Latin American Art Auction November 2016
Auction highlights include:
Sergio Camargo (Brazilian, 1930-1990) Untitled (Relief No. 338) (1971)
Joaquín Torres-Garcia (Uruguayan, 1874-1949) Port of New York
Pablo Atchugarry (Uruguayan, 1954) Untitled
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957) Niña con vestido rosa
David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896-1974) La COnesa
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991) Sandias
Mathias Goeritz (German-Mexican, 1915-1950) Mensaje
Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002) Dar a la luz un mundo
Fernando Botero (Colombian, 1932) La Rocca
Fernando Botero (Colombian, 1932) A Family
Mariano Rodríguez (Cuban, 1912-1990) Pelea de gallos
Wilfredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982) Sur les traces (Transformation)
Cundo Bermúdez (Cuban, 1914-2008) Romeo y Julieta
Tomás Sanchez (Cuban, 1948) Meditación bajo un signo de aguas
Cildo Meireles (Brazilian, 1948) Metros (Estudo)
Guillermo Kuitca (Argentine, 1961) Deng Haag – Praha (1989).
I love the Joaquín Torres-Garcia Port of New York (1923). It’s an earlier work which is different from the typical Torres-Garcia. Yet it contains the grid elements which are part of his signature style.