Provenance
Norberto Geyerhahn, Rio de Janeiro
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1995
Exhibited
Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Exposição de Pintura Cândido Portinari, June 19–July 11, 1943, no. 115, n.p. (titled Retrato de Sra. José Carlos de Costa Ribeiro)
Literature
Projeto Portinari, Cândido Portinari: Catálogo Raisonné, Volume II, Rio de Janeiro, 2003, no. 1178, p. 123 (illustrated)

203

Cândido Portinari

Retrato de Magu Leão

signed and dated "PORTINARI 1940" lower left
oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 15 in. (46.4 x 38.1 cm)
Painted in 1940.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000

Sold for $30,240

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York Auction 18 November 2021

101
Max Ernst
Delicate Arch (Zion National Park)
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $604,800
102
Max Ernst
Paysage extraordinaire
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,680
103
Max Ernst
Déchets d'oeuvres
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,640
104
Max Ernst
Ohne Titel (Fantôme angélique)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $40,320
105
Max Ernst
Strange Hallucination!
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,930
106
Max Ernst
Forêt
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,450
107
Leonor Fini
Girl with Shells
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $63,000
108
Leonor Fini
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,380
109
Max Ernst
Ohne Titel
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,120
110
Max Ernst
Hawaï
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,340
111
Milton Avery
Green Sea
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,900
112
Milton Avery
Sea and Stars
Estimate $200,000 - 400,000
Sold for $352,800
113
Alex Katz
Black Ada and Island
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $365,400
114
Jo Baer
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $189,000
115
Anne Truitt
Spring Dryad
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $567,000
116
Louise Bourgeois
Eye
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $529,200
117
Louise Nevelson
Dawn's Landscape I
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $277,200
118
Sturtevant
Johns White Target (First Study)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $655,200
119
Jamie Wyeth
Excursion Boats, Monhegan
Estimate $250,000 - 450,000
Sold for $277,200
120
Milton Avery
Big Bouquet
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,240
121
Alex Katz
Ada in Front of Black Brook
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $378,000
122
Julio González
Personnage allongé II
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $201,600
123
Joan Miró
Figure
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
124
This lot is no longer available.
125
Auguste Rodin
Balzac, étude de nu type F dite aussi 'étude en athlète'
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $75,600
126
Auguste Rodin
Balzac, étude drapée avec capuchon et un jabot de dentelle
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
127
Auguste Rodin
Trois ombres, Taille de la Porte dite aussi 'Moyen Modèle'—variante
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
128
Aristide Maillol
Torse de l'Eté
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
129
Aristide Maillol
Petite Flore nue
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $75,600
130
Henry Moore
Square Head Relief
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $81,900
131
Bruce Nauman
Untitled (DRAIN 1/DRAIN 2)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,800
132
Frank Stella
Jarmolince III
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $828,600
133
Robert Mangold
Four Triangles Within a Square
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $327,600
134
Bernar Venet
221.5° Arc x 15
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $877,000
135
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Sea Shanty
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $252,000
136
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Ballade
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,600
137
Claes Oldenburg
Typewriter Eraser
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
138
This lot is no longer available.
139
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Blue Faces Red Sides)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $567,000
140
Hans Hofmann
Red Flight
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $352,800
141
Jean Dubuffet
Site Avec 3 Personnages
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $201,600
142
This lot is no longer available.
143
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
144
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $47,880
145
Carl Andre
Fault
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,000
146
Brice Marden
Letter of Gratitude #8
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
147
Brice Marden
Study for Cold Mountain 3
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $15,120
148
David Smith
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,640
149
Robert Rauschenberg
The Red Virgin
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
150
Cy Twombly
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $529,200
151
Willem de Kooning
Three Women
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $63,000
152
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Two Elvis' 1964
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $107,100
153
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Marilyn Monroe' 1964
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $138,600
154
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Two Flowers' 1964
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $47,880
155
Andy Warhol
Carlo de Benedetti (Positive)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
156
Andy Warhol
Mr. Demos
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
157
Ed Paschke
Icon-Ero
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $81,900
158
Roger Brown
Flying in Formation
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,300
159
Martin Wong
WACO Studio Loft
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $63,000
160
Richard Artschwager
Building Wrecks
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,900
161
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (872-6)
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $327,600
162
Joe Goode
Untitled (Torn Cloud Triptych)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $138,600
163
Malcolm Morley
Approaching Valhalla
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $94,500
164
Lawrence Weiner
Preparatory Drawings For Gyroscopically Speaking
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,900
165
Lee Lozano
Two works: (i–ii) No title
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,160
166
Lee Lozano
No title
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,160
167
Susan Rothenberg
Olive
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $107,100
168
Susan Rothenberg
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $50,400
169
Susan Rothenberg
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,200
170
Christo
The Umbrella Project for Japan and Western U.S.A.
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $138,600
171
Christo
Wrapped Reichstag (Project for Berlin)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $157,500
172
Lawrence Carroll
Untitled (Grey Sleeping Painting)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
173
Louise Nevelson
Landscape
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,280
174
Richard Tuttle
Lonesome Cowboy Styrofoam #2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
175
Robert Mangold
Yellow/White Zone
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
176
Sam Francis
Untitled Mandalas
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
177
Robert Rauschenberg
Crane
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $138,600
178
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
179
Karel Appel
Tête volante
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
Sold for $63,000
180
Kazuo Shiraga
Jikkai-zu Gaki Chikushokai
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $126,000
181
Louise Fishman
Angle of Repose
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $28,980
182
Al Held
Padua I
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $40,320
183
Ron Gorchov
Comedy
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $189,000
184
Frank Stella
The Prop of the Nation
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $75,600
185
Pablo Atchugarry
Armonía Vitale
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,700
186
Agustín Cárdenas
Totem
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $138,600
187
Alicia Penalba
Oiseau lunaire
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $73,080
188
Sergio Camargo
Sin título
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $138,600
189
Paolo Scheggi
Inter-Ena-Cubo
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,000
190
Yayoi Kusama
Bronze Shoes
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $107,100
191
Nam June Paik
Enlightenment Compressed
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $107,100
192
Kim Tschang-Yeul
Bacchus
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,920
193
Frank Gehry
Fish Lamp
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $239,400
194
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Pillars for Amaliehaven IV
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,000
195
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Sitting Figure I
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,800
196
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Sitting Figure II
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $52,920
197
Marino Marini
Pomona III
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $32,760
198
Francisco Zúñiga
Soledad Sentada
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
199
Richmond Barthé
Stevedore
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,300
200
Pavel Tchelitchew
Study for a cover of the theater program for the Ballet Russes
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $31,500
201
Gustav Klimt
Porträt einer Frau
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $113,400
202
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Vallée solitaire
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,000
203
Cândido Portinari
Retrato de Magu Leão
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
204
Fernando Botero
Naranjas
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $283,500
205
Fernando Botero
Nature Morte
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,320
206
Fernando Botero
Dancers
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $52,920
207
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Painting #1
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $75,600
208
Roy Lichtenstein
Drawing for Inaugural Print
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,280
209
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (Wine Label Collage)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,500
210
Franz West
Untitled (Dancing Elephants)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,240
211
Anselm Kiefer
Das Goldene Kalb
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,300
212
John Kacere
Adrian
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,900
213
Bob Stanley
Trees #5
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $3,780
214
Tom of Finland
Eleven works: (i-xi) Untitled (Motorcycle Series)
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $189,000
215
Kazuya Sakai
Pintura No. 26
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,380
216
Fernando de Szyszlo
Punchao
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,240
217
Francisco Toledo
Sapo y Chapulin
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $81,900
218
This lot is no longer available.
219
Carmelo Arden Quin
Roi III
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
220
Alexander Calder
Soleil Noir
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $189,000
221
Alexander Calder
Les Masques
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $302,400
222
Kenny Scharf
Staticontrol
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $277,200
223
Kenny Scharf
Box Life
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $126,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale -...

New York Auction 18 November 2021

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

203

Cândido Portinari

Retrato de Magu Leão

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session