Agapito Labios Folk Art Oil Painting of Two Children, Early to Mid-20th Century

Item Details

Agapito Labios (Mexican; 1898 – 1996)
Untitled (two children), early to mid-20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower left
Inscription on verso, appears to read “Plaza de Real Del Monte Pachuca”

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.

Condition

- craquelure; accretions; billowing to canvas; stretcher abrasions; staining to liner; frame abrasions; frame joints misaligned; abrasions to frame; tearing and staining to paper backing on verso.

Dimensions

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

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

Item #

ITMGI82808