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Macorina
(Macorina)
Author: Clara Morera
Year: 2021
Medium: mixed media on canvas
Size: 50 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Inventory No: 06792
Price: $
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Macorina, 2021, by Clara Morera is an entry into the artist’s Harlots series.
Unlike most of the other works from Harlots, the subject comes
from recent history.
María Calvo Nodarse, (1892 - 1977), better known as
La Macorina,
was a Cuban courtesan with many clients in the island’s high society,
including former president José Miguel Gómez. By the time she retired
in 1934, she had amassed a fortune and owned mansions, racehorses,
and an iconic fleet of red convertibles.
La Macorina was the first woman in the Americas to hold an automobile
driver’s license, due in no small part to her connection to the Cuban elite.
She has become a popular figure in folklore, with many notable poems,
songs, and paintings celebrating her singular and extravagant life.
Exhibited in 100 Years of Creations by 20 Women Artists
(1922 to 2022),
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
July – November 2022.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Nineteen,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, 2022, page 110.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Mafolie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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