Agapito Labios Folk Art Oil Portrait, Mid-20th Century

Item Details

Agapito Labios (Mexican, 1898 – 1996)
Untitled, mid-20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right

Self-taught artist Agapito Labios began painting seriously in prison while serving his sentence for participating in the Mexican Revolution. He is known for his quaint folk portraits of children, many of which he sold in the Lagunilla market of Mexico City and later in his antiques store called Mercado de Artesanias at La Ciudadela. Katherine Hepburn was among some of the famed individuals who collected his work.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- frame abrasions around the edges of the canvas; crackle and craquelure throughout the painting; scratches and abrasions throughout the composition; minor warping of the canvas.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; sight measures 16" W x 19.5" H.

Item #

ITMG838031