¡FOR SALE! DIEGO RIVERA STUDIO IN ACAPULCO Rivera murals add value to Mexican property.
A mansion on the market in Mexico’s legendary beach resort of Acapulco has an unusual selling point — five murals by one of the country’s most renowned artists, Diego Rivera.
Three of the murals are publicly unseen, late works by the world famous Mexican artist who died more than 50 years ago made and his name painting massive murals on buildings from Mexico City to New York.
The mansion was built on a cliff in Acapulco’s heydey in the middle of the last century, and is on the market for a minimum of six million dollars.
Olmedo, a sophisticated art collecter and friend of Rivera and his famous artist wife Frida Kahlo, had the mansion built in 1940.
“The House of the Winds”, was her family vacation retreat from 1951 until her death. Diego Rivera was Lola Olmedo’s friend for life and houseguest for two years upon returning from Russia in 1955. Rivera created the murals ( between 1955 and 1957 — the year he died.) out of his love, respect and admiration for his muse and trusted friend. Diego Rivera also painted 24 sunset scenes from “The House of the Winds” and sketched the children of Dolores Olmedo.
Dolores was a great admirer of the man and his work; she became the largest Rivera’s and Kahlo’s art collector worldwide. These precious pieces of art are now displayed in her museum, “Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño”, in Mexico City which she donated to the people of Mexico valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, being part of the trilogy world famous museums along with The Frida Kahlo’s “Blue House” and the Diego Rivera’s “Anahuacalli”.
Olmedo died in 2002 and passed the property, which includes a tropical garden and a swimming pool overlooking the Pacific, to her grandchildren who now live in the United States and wish to sell it.
Rivera’s work cannot leave the country because it is considered to be part of Mexico’s cultural heritage, but private individuals can buy the property.
For now, Rivera fans remain in suspense over the unseen works.
The property is not open to the public so that interested parties can decide what to do with it
The Estate and Murals can be seen at www.houseofthewinds.com

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