Agapito Labios Folk Oil Portrait of Young Girl, Mid 20th Century

Item Details

Agapito Labios (Mexican, 1898 – 1996)
Untitled, mid 20th century
Oil on canvas
Signed to 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.

Condition

- some accretion and abrasions throughout; light wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame.

Item #

ITMGO03558