Outstanding oil on canvas entitled Ninas con Sombrillas (Young Girls with Parasols) by Mexican Neo-Realist painter Gustavo Montoya. Ninas con Sombrillas represents two young girls in traditional dresses and hairstyles who each hold a small umbrella for the sun. Montoya applied splendid ranges of blues include azure, ultramarine, sapphire, cyan, and cobalt that contrast splendidly with the burnished bronze and dark browns of the young girls' skins and hair. Montoya portrays them barefoot, yet as monumental figures in a verdant landscape. Signature on lower right: Gustavo Montoya. Title, signature, location and date in pen on verso: Ninas con Sombrillas Gustavo Montoya, Mexico, DF(?) Mayo 1973. Canvas includes a stamp on verso for Viktoria Malleinen (German company specialized in artists' canvases and materials.) Housed in a tiered lightly gilded wood frame with a pale orange velour border. Artwork dimensions: 20"L x 24"H. Frame size: 31"L x 36"H x 2.50"W. Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance papers included.

Artist: Gustavo Montoya (Mexican 1905-2003)
Issued: 1973
Country of Origin: Mexico

Age related wear. Sporadic scruffs on frame.