Artist: Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007). Title: "Non-objective Composition #24". Medium: Pen and crayon drawing. Date: Composed 1949. Dimensions: Overall size: 13 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (348 x 248 mm). Image size: 13 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (348 x 248 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in crayon, lower center. Good condition. Comment(s): Muyaes signed his work "Kena," "S. Kena," "Silvestre Kena," "Silvestre," or, if initialed, "K." or "S.K." Works by Muyaes, a noted Mexican painter and sculptor, rarely appear on the market. Born in Chile, 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 poet Pablo Neruda during Neruda's Mexico years). Image copyright © The Estate of Jaled Muyaes. [20218-0-300]