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Cuban Art
René Portocarrero (1912 – 1985)
Spring
(Primavera), 1940
graphite on heavy paper laid down on board
23 x 27 1/2 inches

Private Collection, Blas Reyes Collection.

Provenance:
María Luisa Gómez Mena Collection,
Havana, Cuba.

Exhibited in Modern Cuban Painters at the
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York,
Mar. 17 – May 7 1944, curated by Alfred Barr,
and listed in Modern Cuban Painters, Museum of
Modern Art Bulletin, Vol. XI, No. 5, p. 14,
Apr. 1944.

Also Exhibited at the Following Museums:
Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute,
Utica, New York, Oct. 1 – Oct. 30, 1944.
Art Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,
Dec. 1 – Dec.29, 1944.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,
Feb. 1 – Mar. 1, 1945.
St. Paul Gallery & School of Art, St. Paul,
Minnesota, Mar. 15 – Apr. 1, 1945.
University Gallery, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 27 – Jun. 24, 1945.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon,
Jul. 19 – Aug.16, 1945.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington,
Aug. 30 – Sep. 27, 1945.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco,
California, Oct. 11 – Nov. 8, 1945.
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky,
Nov. 22 – Dec. 20, 1945.
Alexandria Art League, Alexandria, Louisiana,
Jan.3 – Jan. 24, 1946.
Person Hall Art Gallery, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
Feb.7 – Mar. 7, 1946.
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida,
Mar. 21 – Apr. 19, 1946.

Illustrated in Cuban Painting of Today,
José Gómez Sicre, María Luisa Gómez Mena,
Havana, Cuba, 1944, page 122.

Illustrated in the book PORTOCARRERO,
Ramón Vázquez Díaz, Fundación Arte Cubano,
Artes Gráficas Palermo, Madrid, Spain, 2015,
page 52.




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