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Miguel Covarrubias
(Mexican, 1904-1957)
Motion Picture Art in the Making, c. 1926
Estimate: $10,000-$15,000
Sold
$27,500
Live Auction
American & European Art
Size
12 ½ x 21 ½ inches.
Description
Miguel Covarrubias
(Mexican, 1904-1957)
Motion Picture Art in the Making, c. 1926
ink and gouache on paper
signed Covarrubias (lower right)
12 ½ x 21 ½ inches.
Property from the Joshua B. Kind Trust, Downers Grove, Illinois
Signature
signed Covarrubias (lower right)
Provenance
This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Adriana Williams.
This two-page illustration, "Motion Picture Art in the Making: An Actual Scene in a Studio, Showing Some Stages in the Evolution of a 'Movie,'" was for Vanity Fair's March 1926 issue. Below the printed illustration's title was included the following text: "A diagram, Correct in Every Detail, by Covarrubias, Which Should dispel Many of the Romantic Notions (Dear to the heart of the Unsophisticated Public) Concerning the Mysteries of Film Making."