Roberto Montenegro (1885-1968), Untitled (Tehuanas in Traditional Huipil Grande Headdresses)

Roberto Montenegro (1885-1968)
Untitled (Tehuanas in Traditional Huipil Grande Headdresses)
signed 'Montenegro' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 30 in. (91.8 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1920s.

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1 On Montenegro’s murals, see Julieta Ortiz Gaitán, Entre Dos Mundos. Los murales de Roberto Montenegro (Mexico City: Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2009).
2 On Montenegro’s relationship with Mexican popular art, see Roberto Montenegro. Expresiones del arte popular Mexicano, exh. cat. (Mexico City: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, 2017).
3 Ibid. p. 88.