Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007). "Non-objective Composition #54". Oil on board. 1949. Signed lower right; annotated verso in the Artist's hand: "15 Agosto 1949.". 17 x 14 in. (432 x 356 mm). Very good condition. Provenance: Private collection, San Antonio, Texas. Works by Muyaes, a noted Mexican painter and sculptor, rarely appear on the market. Born in Chile as Khaled Mujaes Morales, he moved to Mexico City as a young man and became an integral part of the intellectual circle there (e.g., he was intimately acquainted with the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda during Neruda's Mexico City years). His parents were David Suleiman Mujaes (Lebanese), and Emma Morales Gajardo (Chilean). [24436]