María Félix hated this portrait by Diego Rivera. Then it vanished
Diego Rivera's 1949 portrait of movie star María Félix is a famous collaboration between two legendary Mexican artists. But for the last 10 years, it has been missing, writes Andrea Fischer. The post María Félix hated this portrait by Diego Rivera. Then it vanished appeared first on Mexico News Daily
Mexican film icon María Félix commissioned a portrait from muralist Diego Rivera in 1949, expecting a traditional Tehuana depiction. However, Rivera portrayed her half-naked with her breasts exposed, deviating from Félix's request. The portrait, known as "La Doña," was not what Félix had envisioned. Years later, the portrait vanished, leaving behind only faint white paint stains on the original work.
Despite being friends, Félix suspected Rivera was in love with her, and even altered the portrait herself, adding white paint over the lace he had painted. Rivera's demand to borrow the portrait for an exhibition led to its sale to Dr. José Álvarez Amézquita, who then sold it to singer Juan Gabriel in the 1970s. After Gabriel's death in 2016, the painting disappeared, eventually becoming lost for over a decade.
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