ROBERTO MONTENEGRO (Guadalajara, Jal., Mex. 1887-1968) Engraving Unknown title. Hand signed with charcoal. P/E (status test)
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ROBERTO MONTENEGRO
(Guadalajara, Jal., Mex. 1887-1968) Engraving
Unknown title. Hand signed with charcoal.
P/E (status test)
Size 12x9cm
Rafael Matos Auction House label on the back.
At the end of the 19th century, Chinese immigrants arrived in Mexico through the Baja California peninsula with the intention of crossing into the United States, however many of them settled in the Mexican states of Nayarit, Sinaloa, Jalisco and Michoacán mainly, bringing with them their customs among them the cultivation and consumption of #opium In the scene two characters with an Asian appearance, probably Chinese, appear under the shade of a tree. One of them remains standing while he observes the one who is sitting smoking a water pipe also known as #hookaah or #narguile which could be #opium. In the background there are some huts in one of which the artist carved his initials “RM” on the wall.
Roberto Montenegro Nervo (February 19, 1885 in Guadalajara – October 13, 1968 in Mexico City) was a painter, muralist and illustrator, who was one of the first to be involved in the Mexican muralism movement after the Mexican Revolution. His most important mural work was done at the former San Pedro and San Pablo monastery but as his work did not have the same drama as other muralists, such as Diego Rivera, he lost prominence in this endeavor. Most of his career is dedicated to illustration and publishing, portrait painting and the promotion of Mexican handcrafts and folk art.
(Guadalajara, Jal., Mex. 1887-1968) Engraving
Unknown title. Hand signed with charcoal.
P/E (status test)
Size 12x9cm
Rafael Matos Auction House label on the back.
At the end of the 19th century, Chinese immigrants arrived in Mexico through the Baja California peninsula with the intention of crossing into the United States, however many of them settled in the Mexican states of Nayarit, Sinaloa, Jalisco and Michoacán mainly, bringing with them their customs among them the cultivation and consumption of #opium In the scene two characters with an Asian appearance, probably Chinese, appear under the shade of a tree. One of them remains standing while he observes the one who is sitting smoking a water pipe also known as #hookaah or #narguile which could be #opium. In the background there are some huts in one of which the artist carved his initials “RM” on the wall.
Roberto Montenegro Nervo (February 19, 1885 in Guadalajara – October 13, 1968 in Mexico City) was a painter, muralist and illustrator, who was one of the first to be involved in the Mexican muralism movement after the Mexican Revolution. His most important mural work was done at the former San Pedro and San Pablo monastery but as his work did not have the same drama as other muralists, such as Diego Rivera, he lost prominence in this endeavor. Most of his career is dedicated to illustration and publishing, portrait painting and the promotion of Mexican handcrafts and folk art.
