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A Focus Show on Amelia Peláez

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
Colonial Style Window and Furniture
(Ventana y Muebles de Estilo Colonial)
1962
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
11 1/2 x 17 3/8 inches

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
(Ventana Colonial)
Colonial Window
1963
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
17 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968) Composition
(Composición)
1955
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
30 x 22 inches

Provenance:
Dr. Henrique da Silva Martins.

Dr. Henrique da Silva Martins was First Secretary at the
Portuguese Embassy in Havana in 1958.

Five works on paper by Amelia Peláez.

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
Fish
(Peces)
1955
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
19 3/4 x 23 inches

Provenance:
Private Collection, Zaragoza, Spain.

This painting is also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
signed by Ramón Vázquez Díaz and José Veigas Zamora.

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
Composition with Fish
(Composición con Pez)
1955
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
14 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches

Provenance:
Private Collection, Zaragoza, Spain.

This painting is also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
signed by Ramón Vázquez Díaz and José Veigas Zamora.

An arrangement of colorful renditions by Amelia Peláez.

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
Still Life with Stained Glass
(Naturaleza Muerta con Vitral)
1960
oil on board
38 5/8 x 30 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twelve, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2014 page 21.

Accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity
signed by Ramón Vázquez Díaz.

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
Ferns
(Helechos)
ca. 1935
oil on canvas
40 1/2 x 29 5/8 inches

Provenance:
Private Collection, Pembroke Pines, Florida.

This painting is also accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity
signed by José Veigas Zamora and Ramón Vázquez Díaz,
dated January 5, 2015.

Three masterworks by Amelia Peláez on canvas and paper.

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
Grey Fish
(Pescados Grises)
1931
oil on canvas
38 x 51 inches

Provenance:
Luis Amado Blanco Collection,
Havana, Cuba; Private Collection, Los Angeles, California.

Exhibitions:
Exhibited in Amelia Peláez del Casal, January-February 1935, Lyceum, Vedado, Havana, Cuba,
and listed no. 19 (Pescado Gris) in the exhibition brochure.
Exhibited in Exposición de Pintura, Víctor M. García, Amelia Peláez, Domingo Ravenet and Carlos Enríquez,
August 8, 1936, Lyceum, Vedado, Havana, Cuba, and listed no. XII (Pescados Grises)
in the exhibition brochure.
Exhibited in Amelia Peláez, Exposición Retrospectiva, November 14, 1968, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,
Havana, Cuba, and listed in the corresponding exhibition catalog, no. 58.

Illustrations:
Illustrated in Diálogos Constructivistas en la Vanguardia Cubana: Amelia Peláez, Loló Soldevilla
and Zilia Sánchez, Galerie Lelong, New York, April-June 2016, page 6.

AMELIA PELÁEZ (1896-1968)
Still Life with Fish
(Naturaleza Muerta con Pez)
1945
oil on heavy paper laid down on board
22 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches

Exhibitions:
This painting was exhibited at the Washington, D.C. Organization of Americas States,
Seven Cuban Painters, August 1952. This exhibition was organized in conjunction with The Smithsonian Institution
and later traveled to Miami, Lowe Museum.

Also exhibited at Christie’s New York, Important Latin American Paintings, November 17, 1984, and illustrated in
the auction catalog, lot 156.

Also exhibited at Art Miami Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, Cernuda Arte, Important Cuban Artworks, Volume One,
January 2003, and illustrated in the corresponding catalog, page 10.

Exhibited in Amelia Peláez: The Craft of Modernity, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida, December 4, 2013
through February 23, 2014, and illustrated in the accompanying catalog, page 83.