Luis Garcia Guerrero, Paisaje con Fresa y Escarabajo

(Mexican, 1921-1996)

A strawberry and bug on a faux wood painted window sill with broken glass, 1966 signed lower right "Garcia Guerrero/1966", oil on panel, 9-3/4 x 14-1/4 in.; modern wood frame, 10-1/2 x 15 x 7/8 in.

Provenance: Galeria De Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico, July 1967; The Estate of Rita F. Rofe, Princeton, New Jersey

Note: Rita Rofe, a longtime Princeton, New Jersey educator and resident, and husband Nicolas Rofe began their art collection in the 1960s, selected during their travels in the early years of their marriage. Rita Rofe was multilingual and developed a keen appreciation for art from Latin America and elsewhere, and these are among their earliest group of artists now well established and sought after in the category of Latin American Modern Art.