Artist: Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007). Title: "Non-Objective Composition #23". Medium: Gouache and crayon. Date: Composed 1948. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in. (303 x 225 mm). Image size: 11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in. (303 x 225 mm). Lot Note(s): Initialed in crayon, lower left; dated in crayon, lower right. Approximately 1 1/2 in. tear at right sheet edge. 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. [20217-0-300]