Covarrubias in Bali

A pencil version of the Balinese nude by Miguel Covarrubias shown in yesterday's post was sold by Christie's Hong Kong in 2013. The gouache on masonite version once belonged to Helena Rubinstein.

Miguel Covarrubias, Bather Holding Up Her Yellow Kemban
$22,686 - Christies Hong Kong, November 2013

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/miguel-covarrubias-5750013-details.aspx?from=searchresults&pos=10&intObjectID=5750013&sid=49c24737-5138-46af-8a01-71d8b7b2fcd1

Miguel Covarrubias, Bather Holding Up Her Yellow Kemban
$22,686 - Christies Hong Kong, November 2013

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/miguel-covarrubias-5750013-details.aspx?from=searchresults&pos=10&intObjectID=5750013&sid=49c24737-5138-46af-8a01-71d8b7b2fcd1

Miguel Covarrubias, Bather Holding Up Her Kemban, c. 1934
Gouache on masonite
$590,500 - Christies New York, May 2012

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5561677

Miguel Covarrubias, Balinesa, c. 1934

Watercolor on rice paper affixed to board

$149,000 - Sotheby's New York, May 2013

Image added March 7, 2015

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/latin-american-art-n08998/lot.24.html

Miguel Covarrubias, Bather Holding Up Her Kemban

Image added March 7, 2015

http://giam.typepad.com/100_years_of_illustration/covarrubias-miguel-1904-1957/

Note:  If you own more than one work by Miguel Covarrubias, can you tell your friends you collect Covarrubii?

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