Altitude 2000, Departure (1946)

Oil and gesso relief on panel 30 x 48 inches Signed and dated lower right Exhibited: Nierendorf Gallery, 1946 San Francisco Museum of Art, 1946 McNay Art Instititute, 1964, cat. #7 Literature: Life Magazine, May, 1946, illustrated Provenance: Private collection, NY, c.1950-1997 „ While visiting Mexico in the summer of 1945, De Diego “discovered a new form of landscape. Each altitude gave me a definite feeling. Objects, land, people, and water have definite and mysterious meaning, which had to be treated topographically.”