Mexican Batilla - Amor Indio after Jesus Helguera M2728

From the 1950s. Measures 23 1/2" x 23 1/2" x3". Some paint loss at the base. This is a very faithful and extremely skillful rendering of the famous 1954 painting that became instantly iconic, central to Mexican identity. It is signed by the gifted copyist but unfortunately the signature is no longer decipherable.

Measures 23 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 3". Some paint loss, but not a lot.

Jesús Helguera (May 28, 1910 – December 5, 1971) was a Mexican painter. Among his most famous works are La Leyenda de los Volcanes, La Leyenda, Popocapetl & Ixtaccihuatl, Hidalgo, "Rompiendo las Cadenas", El Aguila y la Serpiente, and Juan Diego y la Virgen de Guadalupe.