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Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904-1957) Portrait of a Man (Possibly Miguel Alemán Valdés) Unsigned. Pastel on paper, 21 1/2 x 15 in. (54.6 x 38.1 cm), framed. Condition: Multiple tears throughout and an abrasion u.l. repaired with tape on the reverse, creasing, buckling (possible water damage), toning, mat burn, sheet taped to window mat on the reverse along the top edge, tape remnants at intervals along the perimeter of the reverse. N.B. While working in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, Miguel Covarrubias developed a reputation as a skilled portrait artist and celebrity caricaturist. His illustrations were published in Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and Vogue, and his American subjects included Emily Post, Ernest Hemingway, and Calvin Coolidge. Covarrubias returned to Mexico in 1940 and held various academic positions in anthropology and the arts during the presidential administration of Miguel Alemán Valdés, 1946-1952. A letter of authenticity, signed by Covarrubias scholar Adriana Williams and dated November 30, 2016, accompanies the lot.