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ANGEL ACOSTA LEÓN (1930 – 1964)
Medusa
(Medusa), 1964
mixed media on paper
laid down on board
5 ¼ x 4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twelve,
page 94.

Illustrated in the book Angel Acosta León
and His Magic, Rosa Chediak, Ph.D., 2013,
page 62.

This painting is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity signed
by Eugenia Acosta León, sister of the artist.

The artist had important expositions in the following prestigious
galleries: Galerie Charpentier, Paris; Galerie Du Dragon, Paris;
Galerie D’Eendt, Amsterdam; Galerie Maya, Brussels, and in
Scheidam Gallery, Rotterdam, with three distinguished artists:
Yves Tanguy, Horst Antes, and Roberto Matta, who befriended
Acosta León and was very supportive of his art.

In December of 1964, as the ship on which he traveled back to
Cuba approached the island, Acosta León committed suicide by
jumping over the vessel’s railing. In the years since his passing,
the artist’s work has been exhibited at several distinguished
international institutions of the arts, including the National
Museum of Fine Arts in Havana; Cuban Museum of Arts and
Culture, Miami; National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile;
National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City; Palace of Culture,
Warsaw; Ernst Museum, Budapest; Museum of Modern Art,
Mexico City; Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris;
Signs Gallery, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama
City, Panama; Bacardí Art Gallery, Miami; Moderna Museet
Modern Art Museum, Stockholm; and the Instituto Italo-Latino
Americano, Rome; among others.

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