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Eduardo Abela (1889 – 1965)
Nude
(Desnudo), ca 1928
oil on paper laid down on board
20 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Nineteen,
page 168.

Provenance:
Maritza Alonso, sister-in-law of the
artist; Hosanna Abela, by inheritance.

Exhibited in Eduardo Abela,
A One-Person Show, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Aug. - Oct. 2015,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

This painting is illustrated in the
book, Eduardo Abela – Cerca del Cerco,
José Seoane Gallo, Editorial Letras
Cubanas, 1986, page 492.

Illustrated in the book, Eduardo Abela,
de lo Real a lo Imaginario, Obras
Escogidas, Yolanda Wood and Roberto
Cobas, Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana,
2010, page 43.

Nude (Desnudo) was painted shortly
after Abela's arrival to Paris in 1927.
It is believed that this painting was
one of the six works on paper that were
included as part of the artist's famous
solo exhibition at Galerie Zak, Paris,
December, 1928.

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