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Gabriel de la Mora — Niños jugando
Gabriel de la Mora

Niños jugando

1997

This oil painting presents a surrealist composition featuring four young figures arranged within a staged interior space. The children are depicted in various poses against a backdrop of mountainous landscape, with the foreground rendered in bold geometric planes of ochre, red, and green. The work employs a distinctive visual language that combines portraiture with abstract spatial construction, creating an enigmatic narrative about childhood and play. The figures are rendered with careful attention to their individual characteristics while the environment around them remains deliberately fragmented and dreamlike.

Medium
oil and paper collage on canvas
Overall

Notes

Contemporary Day Auction, Sotheby's, sale on 2026-05-15.

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Contemporary Day Auction

May 15, 2026

Estimate: $25,000$35,000

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Gabriel de la Mora, Niños jugando, 1997

This oil painting presents a surrealist composition featuring four young figures arranged within a staged interior space. The children are depicted in various poses against a backdrop of mountainous landscape, with the foreground rendered in bold geometric planes of ochre, red, and green. The work employs a distinctive visual language that combines portraiture with abstract spatial construction, creating an enigmatic narrative about childhood and play. The figures are rendered with careful attention to their individual characteristics while the environment around them remains deliberately fragmented and dreamlike.

Medium
oil and paper collage on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 88.9 x 121.9 cm
Year
1997
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Staged Interior Space, Geometric Forms, Children And Play, Childhood Imagery, Surrealist Composition, Contemporary Mexican Art, Portrait Study, Symbolic Narrative, Figurative Oil Painting, Abstract Landscape

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