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Street Dance of The Sultana
(Comparsa La Sultana)
Author: Oscar García Rivera
Year: ca 1950
Medium: oil on canvas board
Size: 13 x 24 inches
Inventory No: 07010
Price: $
SOLD
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Seven,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables,
Florida, 2009, page 34.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Los Angeles, California.
In this magnificent oil on canvas board, Oscar García Rivera
(1916-1971), a preeminent painter of Cuban everyday life and its
culture, focuses in portraying the joyous atmosphere and
energy of the Comparsa La Sultana which originated in the
Colón neighborhood of Havana. Founded in 1937, this group
of street dancers that banded together once every year
for the Havana Carnival, was integrated by youths who
gathered to reflect the customs and typical dresses of Oriental
culture attracted by the pomposity of the costumes
and colorful performances. The subject of the erotic behavior
of the odalisks, (women in a harem), were of special
interest to the group. The Comparsa La Sultana became one of
the most acclaimed artistic events in the Havana Carnival
scenario and continues its tradition to the present times.
Ramón Cernuda
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