Agapito Labios Folk Art Oil Painting of a Girl, Mid-20th Century

Item Details

Agapito Labios (Mexican, 1898–1996)
Untitled (portrait of girl in an interior), mid-20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower left

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 antique store called Mercado de Artesanias at La Ciudadela. Katherine Hepburn was among some of the famed individuals who collected his work.

Condition

- minor dust to the varnish; slight chip to the sight edge to the lower left; minor chips to the corners of the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 17.5" W x 23.0" H.

Item #

ITMG955308