ALEJANDRO SANTIAGO CRAYON ON PAPER DRAWING

Description: Closeout Sale.! Limited time great Offer.! Alejandro Santiago Crayon on Paper Drawing Signed Artwork is handled with care, shipped with tracking, together with its Original Provenance. Beautiful art piece, its Provenance is part of a Family State Private Art Collection. Great expression of talent and a particular technique in this art work. It is and old art piece in auction -as is- it can show mild to severe wear, stains, tears, wrinkles due to time, humidity, a patina that gives its characteristic presence. Recent Pictures here of the actual art piece you will get. Photographs change colors, tone and brightness, etc. Will be fully ensured DHL Express shipped to buyer. Latin American MasterAlejandro Santiago painting Sold at Morton Subastas ….....................….$25,869.00 USDLatin American Art - 2010 Morton Subastas Monte Athos 179, Lomas de Chapultepec México City Alejandro Santiago, 1964 - 2013 Mexican visual artist who was born in Teococuilco de Marcos Oaxaca. He had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Crocker Art Museum and at the Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd. Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Untitled' sold at Louis C. Morton, Monte Athos 'Latin American Art Auction' in 2010 for $25,869. There have been Several articles about Alejandro Santiago, including 'Mexican clay artist Alejandro Santiago, who filled the streets of his hometown with clay figures to represent the migrants who left for the United States, died. Santiago had diabetes for years, died in 2013 of a heart attack at 49. Santiago, a painter and sculptor who studied in the workshop of Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca, had shown in Mexico, the United States and Europe. His best known work was "2,501 Migrants," which opened in 2007 in his picturesque hometown of Teococuilco, in southern Oaxaca state. Financed with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, it was an ambitious work to create an army of life-size clay figures to replace departed townspeople. He created the statues, each about 4-feet, 4-inches tall and 150 pounds, to represent the young people who had abandoned his hamlet in impoverished Oaxaca state. No two sculptures were alike and many of the faces were sculpted to reflect the hardship of migrants' lives in both Mexico and the United States. Santiago said the inspiration for the project came in 2001, when he returned home after a three-year stay in Paris and was struck by Teococuilco's empty streets. In 2003, Santiago decided to experience for himself what it was like to cross the U.S. border illegally. He met a smuggler in Tijuana who set him up with fake papers and tried to cross. Santiago was quickly caught by U.S. immigration authorities and returned to Mexico, but he was struck by the thousands of crosses put on the corrugated wall marking the border by activists to represent those who died trying to cross. He estimated those crosses numbered about 2,500 and settled on that number, plus one, for his project. He said the extra figure symbolized that there is always one more person who is leaving, risking his or her life to try to reach the United States. Beautiful Art Pieces for art connoisseur enthusiast to be proud of a great addition to his collection in a Close-Out Auction price. We trust the Provenance and beauty. As Christy’s or Sotheby’s disclaimers opinions are to the best of knowledge. We don’t advertise or offer C.O.A. therefore in accordance with the eBay rules, Legislative decree No. 41 of 24/01/2004, article 179, code of culture heritage is declared: -In the manner of- not: a water mark, authentic, lithograph, giclée, or print of any kind. this art piece is as described Crayon on Paper Drawing. Your friends in Art Pasion.

Price: 415 USD

Location: McAllen, Texas

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