Skip to main

Search:  Take a Peek: Artworks for EXPO Chicago, September 13–17, 2017 Cernuda Arte is delighted to announce its upcoming participation in EXPO Chicago 2017, at Booth #461. We are proud to have been one of the founding galleries of this event, exhibiting every year since the art fair’s inception in 2012. The 2017 EXPO marks our sixth consecutive year presenting a show at this prestigious venue. For the occasion, we’ve put together a grand, robust presentation (our largest one ever!) with over 80 artworks! We invite you to preview our selections for the fair well before they adorn the walls of our booth. Enjoy! EXPO Chicago takes place at Navy Pier, 600 E Grand Avenue, Chicago Illinois, 60611. SHOW HOURS Vernissage Wednesday, September 13, 2017 6:00pm–9:00pm Regular Admission Thursday, September 14, 2017 11:00am–7:00pm Friday, September 15, 2017 11:00am–7:00pm Saturday, September 16, 2017 11:00am–7:00pm Sunday, September 17, 2017 11:00am–6:00pm For more information, please contact: Ramón Cernuda at (305) 299-2950 Nercys Cernuda at (305) 335-8350 Isabel M. Suárez at (786) 495-6422 Eric González at (305) 297-6831 FEATURED ARTISTS Wifredo Lam (3 works), René Portocarrero(6 works), Juan Tapia Ruano (3 works), Guido Llinás (3 works), José Mijares (4 works), Hugo Consuegra (1 work), Gina Pellón (4 works), Roberto Fabelo (8 works), Raúl Milián (8 works), Alfredo Sosabravo (2 works), Miguel Florido (11 works), Dayron González (3 works), Irina Elén González (3 works), Juan Roberto Diago (6 works), Vicente Hernández (4 works), Joel Besmar (2 works), Giosvany Echevarría (4 works), and Jorge Luis Santos (2 works). Special Moments Photos WIFREDO LAM The Reality of the Birds (La Realidad de los Pájaros), 1970 oil on canvas 29 ¾ x 36 ½ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Thirteen, page 27. Provenance: Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, Switzerland; Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida; Private Collection, Key Biscayne, Florida. Exhibitions: Wifredo Lam, Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, Switzerland, 1970. Listed as no. 28 and illustrated on page 39 of the corresponding catalog. Wifredo Lam, Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan, Italy, 1970. Wifredo Lam, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, England, 1970-1971. Also in New York, in Gimpel Gallery and in Zurich, in Gimpel and Hanover Gallery. Wifredo Lam, Der Geist des Surrealismus, Albin Brunovski, Gemälde, Druckgraphik, Oelbilder, Baukunst Galerie, Germany, 1971-1972. Illustrations: Lam, A. Jouffroy, Paris, France, Éditions Georges Fall, Bibli-Opus, 1972, page 56. Wifredo Lam, Max-Pol Fouchet, First Edition, 1976, page 134, no. 162, and in Wifredo Lam, Max-Pol Fouchet, Second Edition, 1989, page 138, no. 162. Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II, 1961-1982, Project Director: Eskil Lam, Acatos 2002, page 340, no. 70.77. This artwork is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity signed by Madame Lou Laurin Lam, dated September 24, 2009, no. 09.16. WIFREDO LAM Untitled [The Family] (Sin Título [La Familia]), 1975 oil on canvas 19 ¾ x 27 ½ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Eleven, page 60. Provenance: Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris, France. Exhibitions: Wifredo Lam, Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich, 1987. Illustrations: Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II, 1961-1980, Acatos 2002, page 463, no. 75.02. Wifredo Lam, by Max-Pol Fouchet, First Edition, 1976, pg. 184, no. 238 and illustrated in Wifredo Lam, by Max-Pol Fouchet, Second Edition, 1989, pg. 188, no. 238. WIFREDO LAM Untitled [The Flight] (Sin Título [El Vuelo]), 1964 pastel on heavy paper laid down on board 26 ½ x 40 ¾ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Eleven, page 58. Provenance: Cambi, Casa d’Aste, Genova, Italy. RENÉ PORTOCARRERO Havana Landscape (Paisaje de La Habana), 1961 oil on canvas 25 1/8 x 26 1/8 inches Provenance: Acquired from the artist. Private Collection, New York, New York. Illustrations: Illustrated in an article, René Portocarrero, Espacio 1 Magazine in 1962. RENÉ PORTOCARRERO City of Havana (Ciudad de La Habana), 1963 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board 25 ½ x 30 ½ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. RENÉ PORTOCARRERO Cerro Interior with Dancing Figure (Interior del Cerro con Figura Danzante), 1944 oil on wood 18 x 15 5/8 inches Illustrations: Illustrated in Todo Sobre Portocarrero, Compilación de Textos Críticos 1936-2010, Ramón Vázquez Díaz, Axel Li, José Veigas, Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana, 2014, page 148. Illustrated in Portocarrero, Ramón Vázquez Díaz, Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana, 2015, page 88. RENÉ PORTOCARRERO Ornamented Figure in Brown Background (Figura Ornamentada en Fondo Marrón), 1968 mixed media on paper 28 ⅝ x 20 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Eleven, page 78. Provenance: Private Collection, Stockholm, Sweden. Exhibitions: This painting was exhibited in One Hundred Years: Mariano and Portocarrero, A Two Artist Show, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, August - September 2012. This painting is titled, signed and dated on the reverse, “Figura Ornamentada, Portocarrero, 1968.” RENÉ PORTOCARRERO Woman with Doves (Mujer con Palomas), 1970 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board 28 ½ x 20 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Thirteen, page 71. RENÉ PORTOCARRERO Flower Vase in Blue Background (Florero en Fondo Azul), 1959 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board 19 ½ x 12 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 84. Provenance: The Tanyu-Levent Collection, Instanbul, Turkey JOSÉ M. MIJARES Midday (Mediodía), 1989 oil on canvas 48 x 38 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 55. Provenance: Alejandro López Collection, Miami, Florida; Private Collection, New York, New York. Illustrations: The World of José Mijares, Marpad Art Gallery, 1992, unnumbered pages. José Mijares, Paintings, Palette Publications, 1997, page 64. JOSÉ M. MIJARES Young Lady (Joven), 1980 oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Seven, page 64. This painting comes from the collection of Manuel López, the photographer of the book José Mijares, Paintings, Palette Publications, 1997. JOSÉ M. MIJARES Marina (Marina), 1988 oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Seven, page 65. This painting comes from the collection of Manuel López, the photographer of the book José Mijares, Paintings, Palette Publications, 1997. JOSÉ M. MIJARES (1921– 2004) Cuban Port (Puerto Cubano), 1969 oil on canvas 32 x 40 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 54. This painting was exhibited in Celebrando a Mijares, 50 Años de Creación, Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami, Florida, 1994, and is illustrated in the corresponding exhibition catalog, forty-first page (unnumbered pages). RAÚL MILIÁN Figure (Figura), 1958 mixed media on cardboard 14 3/4 x 11 inches RAÚL MILIÁN Ideas (Ideas), 1974 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board 15 x 11 inches RAÚL MILIÁN Ambiguities (Ambigüedades), 1959 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board 15 x 11 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Thirteen, page 52. RAÚL MILIÁN Interior in Abstract (Interior en Abstracto), 1973 mixed media on cardboard 15 x 11 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Ten, page 67. RAÚL MILIÁN Meditation (Meditación), 1977 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board 15 x 11 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 68. Provenance: Collection, Berlin, Germany. RAÚL MILIÁN Rhythms (Ritmos), 1976 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board 15 x 11 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. RAÚL MILIÁN Liason (Vínculo), 1961 mixed media on paper 15 x 11 inches HUGO CONSUEGRA Some Other Day, Perhaps (Quizás Otro Día), 1975 oil on canvas 35 x 35 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 97. GUIDO LLINÁS Black Painting (Pintura Negra), 1973 oil on heavy paper laid down on wood 30 ½ x 13 ¾ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 92. Provenance: The Bustamante Collection, Palm Beach, FL GUIDO LLINÁS Black Painting (Pintura Negra), 1993 oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 95. Provenance: The Bustamante Collection, Palm Beach, FL GUIDO LLINÁS Composition (Composición), 1977 mixed media on heavy paper 30 x 22 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 94. JUAN TAPIA RUANO Impression (Impresión), 1975 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on wood 34 ¾ x 17 ¼ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 96. JUAN TAPIA RUANO Sequence (Secuencia), 1969 mixed media on heavy paper laid down on wood 21 ¼ x 11 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 97. JUAN TAPIA RUANO Remains of a Dream (Remanente de Un Sueño), 1975 mixed media on paper laid down on canvas 34 1/4 x 35 inches GINA PELLÓN The Hat (El Sombrero), 2016 mixed media on canvas 32 x 25 ½ inches Exhibited in Gina Pellón, Still Going Strong, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, November–December 2010, and illustrated in the exhibition catalog, page 23. GINA PELLÓN Obedience Is A Commodity (La Obediencia Es Una Comodidad), 1993 mixed media on canvas 64 x 51 inches GINA PELLÓN Story for a Dance (Cuento para Bailar), 2012 mixed media on canvas 39 x 31 ¾ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Eleven, page 105. This painting is part of a series of artworks executed by Gina Pellón in 2012 and 2013, inspired in the Venice Carnivals. ROBERTO FABELO The Narcissist (Ensimismado), 2015 oil on canvas 89 ½ x 78 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. ROBERTO FABELO Suyu and the Beans (Suyu y los Frijoles), 2016 oil on canvas 93 x 79 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 107. ROBERTO FABELO Essays (Ensayos), 1991 oil on canvas 21 ½ x 25 ⅛ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. ROBERTO FABELO The Heart of Illusions (El Corazón de las Ilusiones), 1994 oil on canvas 38 ½ x 26 ½ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 116. ROBERTO FABELO Amaranta (Amaranta), 2016 acrylic on silk 57 ¼ x 41 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 110. ROBERTO FABELO From the series “Animalia” (De la serie “Animalia”), 2012 bronze sculpture, 7 of 7 30 ¼ x 21 ⅝ x 21 ⅝ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 112. ROBERTO FABELO Friends Reunited (Reunión de Amigos), 1990 oil on canvas 38 ½ x 54 ½ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO Don't Step on Me (No Me Pises), 2007 mixed media on paper 25 ½ x 19 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming, IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO I Am Not a Number (No Soy un Número), 2007 mixed media on paper 25 ½ x 19 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO Looking (Mirando), 2017 mixed media and collage on canvas 51 x 39 ¼ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO Untitled [I See You] (Sin Título [Yo te Veo]), 2017 mixed media and collage on canvas 31 ½ x 23 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO I Live Within You (Yo Vivo en Ti), 2016 mixed media and collage on canvas 78 ¾ x 59 inches Illustrated in the upcoming, IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO Untitled (From the series Inner Space) (Sin Título (De la serie Espacio Interior)), 2016 mixed media and collage on canvas 67 x 59 inches Illustrations: Diago, The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban Present, Harvard University Press, page 148. IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 150. ALFREDO SOSABRAVO Dancers (Bailadores), 2016 mixed media and collage on canvas 55 x 37 ½ inches ALFREDO SOSABRAVO Greeting the Morning (Saludando la Mañana), 2016 acrylic and collage on canvas 43 ¼ x 32 ¼ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 121. MIGUEL FLORIDO Bastion of Strength (Bastión de Fortaleza), 2017 oil on canvas 91 x 48 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. MIGUEL FLORIDO Your Tenderness (Tu Ternura), 2016 oil on canvas 78 ½ x 39 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. MIGUEL FLORIDO A Declaration of Love (Una Declaración de Amor), 2017 13 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. MIGUEL FLORIDO Memories of You (Tus Recuerdos), 2016 oil on canvas 9 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. MIGUEL FLORIDO The Light of Your Peace (La Luz de Tu Paz), 2016–2017 oil on canvas 49 x 10 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. MIGUEL FLORIDO Your Smile Refreshes My Life (Tu Sonrisa Me Refresca La Vida), 2016–2017 oil on canvas 13 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. MIGUEL FLORIDO Unspoken Love (Amor Inefable), 2017 9 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. MIGUEL FLORIDO The Smallest Things (Las Pequeñas Cosas), 2017 50 ½ x 70 ¾ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twelve, page 135. MIGUEL FLORIDO Love Sings (El Amor Canta), 2017 acrylic on canvas 71 x 51 inches MIGUEL FLORIDO A Glorious Emblem (Un Emblema Glorioso), 2017 acrylic on canvas 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches VICENTE HERNÁNDEZ Mission Possible (Misión Posible), 2011 mixed media on canvas 78 ¾ x 21 ¾ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Ten, page 103. Exhibited in Three from Cuba, The Art of Vicente, Sandro, and Florido– From the Fantastic to the Sublime, Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida, Ocala, Florida, Feburary–April 2012, and illustrated in the accompanying catalog, page 11. VICENTE HERNÁNDEZ The End of the Journey (El Final de la Jornada), 2016 mixed media on canvas 23 ¾ x 31 ½ inches VICENTE HERNÁNDEZ Our New Reality (Nuestra Nueva Realidad), 2017 oil on canvas 59 ¼ x 78 ¼ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. JOEL BESMAR The Other Shore (La Otra Orilla), 2016 oil on canvas 51 x 55 inches JOEL BESMAR Free on Your Own Recognizance (Libertad Bajo Palabra), 2017 oil on canvas 78 ½ x 57 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. IRINA ELÉN GONZÁLEZ After the Rain (Después de la Lluvia), 2016 acrylic on canvas 29 ½ x 23 ½ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. IRINA ELÉN GONZÁLEZ This is Not the End (No Es El Fin), 2016 acrylic on canvas 59 x 43 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. IRINA ELÉN GONZÁLEZ Evening Breeze (Brisa Nocturna), 2017 acrylic on canvas 39 x 30 inches GIOSVANY ECHEVARRÍA Morning Reflections (Reflejos de la Mañana), 2016 oil on canvas 35 ⅝ x 47 ⅛ inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 158. GIOSVANY ECHEVARRÍA A Luminous Peace (Paz Luminosa), 2015 oil on canvas 78 ⅝ x 55 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fourteen, page 158. GIOSVANY ECHEVARRÍA A Sunlit Day (Un Día Soleado), 2016 oil on canvas 13 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,Volume Fifteen. GIOSVANY ECHEVARRÍA Newness at Daybreak (Despunta el Nuevo Día), 2013 oil on canvas 10 ¼ x 14 inches Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twelve, page 116. DAYRON GONZÁLEZ Man in Red Next to the River (Hombre en Rojo Junto al Río), 2017 oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. DAYRON GONZÁLEZ Meditation (Meditación), 2017 oil on canvas 42 x 28 inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen. DAYRON GONZÁLEZ Old Man in Red (Anciano en Rojo), 2016 oil on canvas 48 x 37 inches Exhibited in From Green to Red, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, 2016, and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue page 22. JORGE LUIS SANTOS Yellow Wall (From the series A-Z) (Muro Amarillo, De la serie A-Z), 2016 mixed media on canvas 76 ¼ x 71 ¾ inches JORGE LUIS SANTOS Number 5 (Número 5), 2015 mixed media on canvas 70 ½ x 70 ½ inches Illustrated in the upcoming IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen.

Copyright 2002-2025, Cernuda Arte. All Rights Reserved