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Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
The Encounter [La Rencontre]
(El Encuentro), 1944
oil on paper laid down on canvas
25 5/8 x 38 5/8 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York;
Blanche Fabry Teze, New York;
Private collection, Geneva;
Private collection, Key Biscayne, FL.

Exhibited in Lam Paintings, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY,
1944, and illustrated in the accompanying catalog
on a non-numbered page.

Exhibited in Important Latin American Paintings,
Christies, New York, May 28 - 29, 1997, and illustrated
in the corresponding auction catalog, Lot no. 23.

Exhibited in Wifredo Lam: The Imagination at Work,
Pace Gallery,New York, Nov. 9 – Dec. 21, 2021, and illustrated
in the accompanying catalog, pages 76 and 77.

Illustrated in Lam, by Michel Leiris, Fratelli Fabbri, Milano,
1970, n. 58.

Illustrated in Wifredo Lam, 1st edition, Max-Pol Fouchet,
Poligrafa-Cercle d’Art, Barcelona-Paris, 1976, as page 233, no. 385.
Also illustrated in Wifredo Lam, Max-Pol Fouchet, 2nd Ed., Editiones
Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1989, as page 253, no. 417.

Illustrated in Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work,
Vol. I, (1923-1960), Lou Laurin-Lam & Eskil Lam, Acatos, Paris,
1996, page 348, no. 44.30.

Wifredo Lam’s sublime oil-on-paper composition, The Encounter,
reimagines the tradition of still-life painting as a collision
of European modernism and Afro-Cuban culture. Painted in 1944,
three years after the artist fled war-torn Paris for Cuba,
The Encounter channels the dissonance of exile into a cubist
tableau of fruits and wine, covered in tropical foliage and
populated by Lam’s bestiary of spectral figures: part human,
part animal, and part botanical. The work’s restrained yet
kaleidoscopic palette demonstrates the unique sophistication
of Lam’s best experimentations with color in the 1940s. While
the influence of his years in Europe is evident, Lam’s visual
language is unmistakably his own, charged with the symbols
of Caribbean myth.

The Encounter (1944) belongs to the same moment as La Jungla,
Lam’s masterpiece acquired by the New York MoMA that same year
and placed beside Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.

NICO HOUGH

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Femme Cheval, Eleguas and Bird]
(Sin Título [Mujer Caballo, Eleguas y Pájaro]), 1973
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Signed and dated on the reverse.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One,
page 29.

Provenance:
Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy.

This painting is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity,
signed by Eskil Lam, numbered
24-07, and dated April 20, 2024.

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [The Family]
(Sin Título [La Familia]), 1978
mixed media and pastel laid down on board
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
signed, inscribed and dated right
WLAM, St. Gallen 1 Oct 1978.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One,
page 32.

Provenance:
Erker Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

This painting is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Eskil Lam, numbered 24-31.

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [The Couple]
(Sin Título [La Pareja]), 1971
mixed media on cardboard
18 3/4 x 26 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 30.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Paris, France.

Exhibited at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Jan. 29, 1989,
and listed as lot 184 in the auction catalog.

This painting is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate
of Authenticity signed by Eskil Lam, dated Apr. 20, 2024,
numbered 24-06.

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Portrait
(Retrato), 1969
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches
signed and dated on the reverse.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 25.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Paris, France;
Galeria Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France;
Private Collection, Switzerland.

This painting was exhibited in Wifredo Lam,
L'Oiseau Du Possible (1930-1975), Galerie Boulakia, Paris,
France, 2004, and illustrated in the exhibition catalog,
pages 98-99.

Exhibited in Baroque de la Superposition,
Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux,
Le Havre, France, 1977, and illustrated
in the exhibition catalog on page 24,
and listed on page 35, no. 76.

Illustrated in Lam, M. Leiris, Fratelle Fabbri, Milan,
Italy & Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publisher, New York, 1970,
no. 170 and no. 174.

Illustrated in Wifredo Lam, Max-Pol Fouchet, First
Edition, 1976, page 241, no. 523, and in Wifredo Lam,
Max-Pol Fouchet, Second Edition, 1989, page 261, no. 555.

Illustrated in Wifredo Lam, Lucien Curzi,
Edizioni Bora, Bologna, Italy, 1978, page 40, no. 47.

Illustrated twice in Wifredo Lam:
Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work, Volume II,
1961-1982, Project Director: Eskil Lam, Acatos 2002,
on page 82, no. 3 and again on page 319, no. 69.46.

This painting is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
signed and dated by Madame Lou Laurin-Lam, Paris, Feb. 21,
2011, no. 11-05.

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
The Two Brothers
(Los Dos Hermanos), 1972
oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches
signed on the reverse.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One,
page 28.

Provenance:
Private Collection Europe.

Exhibited in Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Oct. 1st,
2018, and illustrated in the corresponding
auction catalog, lot number 773.

This painting is accompanied by a
Photo Certificate of Authenticity,
signed by Eskil Lam, son of the artist,
dated Mar. 10, 2016.

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Untitled [Lady with Hat]
(Sin Título [Dama con Sombrero]), 1978
mixed media and pastel laid down on board
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
signed, inscribed and dated lower left
W. Lam, St. Gallen 20.10.78.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One,
page 31.

Provenance:
Erker Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

This painting is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Eskil Lam, numbered 24-29.

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Figures
(Figuras), 1973
oil on canvas
31 ½ x 39 ¼ inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 27.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Milan.

Exhibited in the two-museum show, Wifredo Lam
ou L’Éloge du Métissage, Rome, Villa Medici,
Nov.1992 - Jan. 1993; which later traveled
to the Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, Italy,
Feb. - Mar. 1993, and illustrated in the corresponding
catalog, page 163.

Exhibited in the two-museum show, Wifredo Lam. Cuba Italia.
Un Percorso, Milan, Refettorio delle Stelline and Sondrio,
Palazzo Sertoli and Museum of History and also at Art Palazzo
Sassi de’ Lavizzari, Nov. 15, 2002 - Jan. 25, 2003, and
illustrated in the corresponding catalog page 109, no. 63.

Illustrated in Wifredo Lam, 1st edition, Max-Pol Fouchet,
Poligrafa-Cercle d’Art, Barcelona-Paris, 1976, as no. 673.
Also illustrated in Wifredo Lam, Max-Pol Fouchet, 2nd Ed.,
Editiones Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1989, as no. 705.

Illustrated in Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raisonné of the Painted Work,
Volume II, 1961-1982, Project Director: Eskil Lam, Acatos, 2002,
page 438, no. 73.250.

This painting is accompanied by a Photo Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Eskil Lam, son of the artist, Paris, May 27, 2024.

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Apostroph' Apocalypse #6627 [Series XVIII of XXV], 1967
acquatint on Japanese paper
20 x 15 inches

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Apostroph' Apocalypse #6622 [Series XVIII of XXV], 1967
acquatint on Japanese paper
20 x 15 inches

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Apostroph' Apocalypse #6626 [Series XVIII of XXV], 1967
acquatint on Japanese paper
20 x 30 1/4 inches

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Apostroph' Apocalypse #6630 [Series XVIII of XXV], 1967
acquatint on Japanese paper
20 x 15 inches

Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982)
Apostroph' Apocalypse #6625 [Series XVIII of XXV], 1967
acquatint on Japanese paper
20 x 15 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty,
pages 34, 35, 36 and 37.

Wifredo Lam's remarkable suite of prints, Apostroph'Apocalypse,
exemplifies his most audacious printmaking work. The series was
conceived as an art book, created in collaboration with the
avant-garde writer Gherasim Luca during the mid-1960s, amid
rising global nuclear tensions.

Lam’s draftsmanship reached new heights, reimagining his iconic
human-horse hybrids as weaponized phantoms soaring through
negative space – sensuous, vivid, and surreal. Beyond the mere
assuredness of the line, works from this series have an uncanny
texture and color. The distinctive shades are the product of a
technique created by Wifredo Lam in collaboration with renowned
printmaker Giorgio Upiglio in Milan, which allowed Lam to draw
directly on plates coated with powdered pigment. Only 25 copies
of Lam's hand-signed and numbered prints from this series,
produced on Japanese paper, exist. These individually signed
and numbered Japanese paper editions have become among
the artist’s most coveted prints.

Lam's 14 plates from Apostroph’Apocalypse, have graced esteemed
institutions like the Centre Pompidou Paris; National Library, Paris;
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Villa Medici, Rome; Palazzo della
Permanente, Milan; Yokohoma Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan;
Fine Arts Central Academy, Beijing; Institute of Fine Arts, Hong Kong;
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona;
Musée du dessin et de l’estampe Original, Gravelines,
France; and the Asian Art Archives, among many others.

NICO HOUGH

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Red
(Rosso), 1994
oil on canvas
30 3/4 x 40 5/8 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Fifteen, page 132.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Italy.

Exhibited in A Surrealist Century / Un Siglo Surrealista,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, Aug. 2024 – Jan. 2025,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

This work is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz. Dr. Ramos Cruz is the author
of the book Lam y Mendive, Arte Afrocubano, Linkgua Ediciones,
Barcelona, Spain, 2009.

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
The Family and The Ancestors
(La Familia y Los Antepasados), 1997
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
12 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches

Provenance:
Dr. Alex Eliseo Asencio, New York.

This work is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate of
Authenticity signed by Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz.
Dr. Ramos Cruz is the author of the book Lam y Mendive,
Arte Afrocubano, Linkgua Ediciones,
Barcelona, Spain, 2009.

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Offerings
(Ofrendas), 1993
oil on heavy paper laid down on canvas
15 x 19 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One,
page 106.

Provenance:
Guy Hannion Collection, Paris, France,
who acquired it directly from the artist.

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Shango
(Changó), 1999
mixed media on canvas in sculptured metal frame
65 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 1 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty, page 107.

Provenance:
Collection of Lourdes Miranda, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Acquired directly from the artist.

This painting is presented in a one-of-a-kind
sculpted metal frame created by the artist.

Exhibited in A Surrealist Century / Un Siglo Surrealista,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, Aug. 2024 – Jan. 2025,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

This work is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz. Dr. Ramos Cruz is the author
of the book Lam y Mendive, Arte Afrocubano, Linkgua Ediciones,
Barcelona, Spain, 2009.

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
New Energy of the Blue Hour
(Nueva Energía de la Hora Azul), 1993
oil on canvas
22 1/2 x 29 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One,
page 106.

Provenance:
Guy Hannion Collection, Paris, France,
who acquired it directly from the artist.

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Confusion and the Earth
(La Confusión y la Tierra), 1993
mixed media collage on heavy paper
laid down on board
22 3/4 x 30 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One,
page 105.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Paris, France.

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Olofi Owner of the Landscape
(Olofi, Dueño del Paisaje), 1994
oil on canvas
46 x 74 ¼ inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty, page 113.

Exhibited in MENDIVE, Carin Arte, Thiene, Italy, 1997.

Exhibited in MENDIVE, Joan Guaita Art Gallery,
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 1997.

Exhibited in MENDIVE, Galerie Le Monde de L’Art,
Paris, France, 1997.

Illustrated in the corresponding three-exhibition
catalog, MENDIVE, Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz and
Juan Delgado, M&G, non-numbered page, 1997.

A sister painting by the artist, Olofi and the World,
executed in the same year and the same medium, technique,
and dimensions, is in the permanent collection
of the Pérez Art Museum Miami.

The peaceful scene in Olofi, Owner of the Landscape, depicts divine
spirits roaming alongside believers in a lush Eden. Within the work,
all energies are shared – a man nourishes a ceiba tree, just as
the garden nourishes the man. Everything is magical, sincere,
alive and in harmony. Olofi is an honorific title of Olodumare,
the Supreme creator God of the Yoruba pantheon.
For the Cuban Yoruba, Olodumare has three manifestations,
each syncretized with Catholic beliefs: Olodumare is the
divine essence, (the Father); Olorun is the creative act,
(the Son); and Olofi is the creation itself, a conduit
between heaven and earth, (the Holy Spirit). The devout praise
Olofi by respecting the earth – he has no temples in his honor,
nor does he have consecrated priests. The work is part of an
informal series executed by Manuel Mendive during the 1990’s
in honor of Olofi.

NICO HOUGH

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Magical Heads 6/9
(Cabezas Mágicas 6/9), 2007
bronze sculpture
40 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

Illustrated [different number] in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty, page 109.

The mold for this sculpture was created
by Manuel Mendive in 2007.The casting
and production were initiated in 2022.

Exhibited [original mold] in El Color blanco, azul, verde
y el color de mi piel, Museo Regional de Antropología de Yucatán,
Yucatán, Mexico, Jan. 9 - March 30, 2008, and illustrated
in the corresponding catalog, page 31.

Illustrated [original mold] in the book Mendive,
Collage Ediciones, Selvi Artes Gráficas,
Valencia, Spain, 2015, page 176.

This artwork is accompanied by a Certificate
of Authenticity, signed by the artist.

Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Mask [from the series “The Eye that Looks”]
(Máscara [de la serie “Para el Ojo que Mira”]), 1987
acrylic on papier maché
11 x 6 1/2 inches
signed and dated on the reverse.

This work is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate of
Authenticity signed by Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz.
Dr. Ramos Cruz is the author of the book Lam y Mendive,
Arte Afrocubano, Linkgua Ediciones, Barcelona,
Spain, 2009.

René Portocarrero (1912 – 1985)
Carnival Dance
(Baile de Carnaval), 1970
mixed media on heavy paper
laid down on board
19 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 56.

This painting is accompanied by a
Photo Certificate of Authenticity signed by
Giulio V. Blanc, dated November 13, 1993.

“The series of the Carnivals is the one that I most love
and prefer among my paintings. All my [other] pictures are
dispersed in the world, living their own lives… but I like
to conserve my Carnivals… for me, to paint is the realization
of my life. When I don't paint, I am out of orbit, I don’t exist."

RENÉ PORTOCARRERO

René Portocarrero (1912 – 1985)
Seven Carnival Figures
(Siete Figuras de Carnaval), 1970
mixed media on heavy paper
laid down on board
19 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 57.

This painting is accompanied by a
Photo Certificate of Authenticity signed by
Giulio V. Blanc, dated November 13, 1993.

Gina Pellón (1926 – 2014)
Lady in her Chamber
(Dama en su Habitación), 1978
mixed media on canvas
50 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist’s Estate.

Gina Pellón (1926 – 2014)
Mandatory Escape
(Obligada Escapatoria), 2010
mixed media on canvas
44 3/4 x 34 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 94.

Exhibited in Gina Pellón, Still Going Strong,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, Nov. – Dec. 2010,
and illustrated in the corresponding exhibition
catalog, page 34.

Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Eternal Presence
(Presencia Eterna), 2024
bronze sculpture, Artist's Proof
37 x 28 3/4 x 23 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 162.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
The Chosen One
(El Elegido), 2018
mixed media on canvas
78 1/2 x 59 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 159.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO:
20 YEARS OF CREATION, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2020,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.

Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
I Like Myself
(Me Gusto Como Soy), 2019
mixed media and collage on canvas
49 1/4 x 35 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 113.

Exhibited in JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO:
20 YEARS OF CREATION, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2020,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.

Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Eating Knives
(Comiendo Cuchillo), 2002
mixed media and collage on canvas
78 3/4 x 59 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Collection of the artist.

Exhibited in Comiendo Cuchillo, National Museum of Fine Arts,
Havana, Cuba, June 6 – July 10, 2002, and illustrated
in the corresponding exhibition catalog, pages 22 - 23.

Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
My Hands
(Mis Manos), 1998
mixed media and heavy paper laid down on canvas
27 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, page 132.

Exhibited in Art Wynwood Fair,
Miami, Florida, February, 2023.

This work is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity,
signed by the artist.

Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Untitled [I'm Here Without You]
(Sin Título [Aquí Estoy Sin Ti]), 2004
mixed media on canvas
51 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 111.

Provenance:
Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.

Exhibited in 9 Paintres Contemporains Cubains,
Principality of Monaco, July - Aug. 2005, and
illustrated in the corresponding exhibition
catalog, page 62.

Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Life in the Countryside
(Vida en El Monte), 2021
mixed media on canvas
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 110.

Agustín Cárdenas (1927 - 2001)
Small Jucambe
(Pequeño Jucambe), 1957
Metal and wooden sculpture
22 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches

Larger version exhibited in Dreaming with Open Eyes: the Vera
and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada and Surrealist Art,
in the Israel Museum, Dec. 21, 2000 – Jun. 9, 2001.

Larger version illustrated in the book
La Sculpture de Cárdenas, La Connaissance,
1971, Brussells, text by José Pierre, 1971,
page 114.

Agustín Cárdenas (1927 - 2001)
The Couple
(La Pareja), 1988
bronze sculpture 2/6
9 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 84.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Boston, MA.

Exhibited (different number), in
Agustín Cárdenas, Marbles, Woods
and Bronzes, Galería Durbán Segnini,
Caracas, Venezuela, Sep. 1990,
and is illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, page 25.

Exhibited in A Surrealist Century /
Un Siglo Surrealista, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Aug. 2024 – Jan. 2025,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.

Agustín Cárdenas (1927 - 2001)
The Family
(La Familia), 1989
bronze sculpture AP 3/4
10 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Exhibited in Christie’s Latin American Art
Online sale, New York, May 2018, and
illustrated in the corresponding digitally
exhibition catalogue, lot number 52.

Exhibited in A Surrealist Century /
Un Siglo Surrealista, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Aug. 2024 – Jan. 2025,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.

Agustín Cárdenas (1927 - 2001)
Residence of the Past
(Residencia del Pasado), 1989
bronze sculpture 1/8
5 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 84.

Exhibited in A Surrealist Century / Un Siglo Surrealista, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Aug. 2024 – Jan. 2025, and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

This sculpture is accompanied
by a Photo Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Livia Cárdenas and Cesar Segnini,
director of the Galería Durbán Segnini,
dated Dec. 28, 1997.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
Eves
(Evas), 2024
oil on canvas
72 x 60 inchesinches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 139.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
The White Model
(El Modelo Blanco), 2024
acrylic on canvas
72 x 60 inchesinches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 137.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
Aleph
(Aleph), 2024
oil on canvas
40 x 40 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 136.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
The Impossible Flower Vase
(El Florero Imposible), 2025
oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
The Labyrinth
(El Laberinto), 2025
oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
Ivy's Garden
(Jardín de Hiedras), 2025
oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
Breakfast with Diamonds
(Desayuno con Diamantes), 2023
acrylic on canvas
14 x 11 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Danuel Méndez (b. 1989)
Backyard
(Patio), 2021
oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, page 142.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
A Growing Concern
(Preocupación Creciente), 2024
mixed media on canvas
78 1/2 x 70 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 127.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
The Influencer
(La Influyente), 2024
mixed media on canvas
59 x 19 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 126.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
Vital Existence
(Existencia Vital), 2024
oil on canvas
59 x 19 1/2 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
The Dreamer
(La Soñadora), 2024
mixed media on canvas
55 x 47 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
The Intruder
(La Intrusa), 2024
mixed media on canvas
39 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
The Keeper of the Secret
(La Guardiana del Secreto), 2024
mixed media on canvas
55 x 47 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 129.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
Midnight Muse
(Musa de Medianoche), 2024
mixed media on canvas
23 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 128.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Yasiel Elizagaray (b. 1987)
Between Dreams and Vigils
(Entre Sueños y Vigilias), 2024
oil on canvas
39 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Jorge Luis Santos (b. 1973)
Feast of Colors
(Banquete de Colores), 2020
mixed media on canvas
57 x 53 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 146.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Jorge Luis Santos (b. 1973)
Blue Flower
(Flor Azul), 2020
acrylic on canvas
58 x 59 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 150.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Jorge Luis Santos (b. 1973)
Flower Vase
(Jarron de Flores), 2020
mixed media on canvas
49 x 49 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Jorge Luis Santos (b. 1973)
Two Crosses
(Dos Cruces), 2015
mixed media on canvas
51 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Seventeen, page 158.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Illustrated in the book Jorge Luis Santos, produced
by Jorge Pérez and Mario José Hernández, Selvi Artes
Gráficas, Valencia, Spain, 2018, page 359.

Roberto Fabelo (b. 1950)
We Are Not Animals
(No Somos Animales), 2011
oil on canvas
60 1/4 x 30 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty, page 95.

Provenance:
Galería La Acacia, Havana, Cuba;
Private Collection, Lisbon, Portugal.

Exhibited in A Surrealist Century /
Un Siglo Surrealista, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Aug. 2024 – Jan. 2025,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.

We are grateful to the artist, Roberto Fabelo,
for having confirmed the authenticity
of this artwork.

Roberto Fabelo (b. 1950)
The Preacher and the Beans
(El Predicador y los Frijoles), 2016
oil on canvas
93 x 79 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 96.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in Three Centuries of Cuban Art,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, Jun. – Oct. 2017,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.

Illustrated in the book Fabelo, Persistencia,
Roma, Palazzo della Cancilleria, May, 2017,
pages 28, 29, and 45.

This artwork is accompanied by a
Photo Certificate of Authenticity issued
by the artist, Roberto Fabelo, and his wife.

Joel Besmar (b. 1968)
The Soul of the Universe
(Anima Mundi), 2017
oil on canvas
78 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 142.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in In the Library: JOEL BESMAR, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, May 2018, and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

Joel Besmar (b. 1968)
The Art of Reading
(El Arte de Leer), 2019
oil on canvas
55 x 51 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 143.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Joel Besmar (b. 1968)
Encounter of Voices
(Encuentro de Voces), 2021
oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, page 148.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Irina Elén González (b. 1978)
Vestiges
(Vestigios), 2025
acrylic on canvas
47 1/4 x 35 1/2 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Irina Elén González (b. 1978)
Inhibitions
(Inhibiciones), 2005
acrylic on canvas
29 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Seven, page 92.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in 100 Years of Creation by Twenty Women
Artists (1922 – 2022), Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
July – December, 2022, and illustrated digitally
on cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
Serene Blues
(Azules Serenos), 2023-24
oil on canvas
51 x 67 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 154.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
A Gleam of Sunlight on the Road
(Un Destello de Luz en el Camino), 2024
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
Refuge Space
(Espacio de Refugio), 2023
oil on canvas
31 x 39 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 154.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
Another Life
(Otra Vida), 2023
oil on canvas
15 3/4 x 19 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty, page 143.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in Enrique Casas (b. 1977):
Time Has Stopped, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Sep. 2023 – Jan. 2024,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
Neptuno in Flight
(Neptuno en Fuga), 2023
oil on canvas
14 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in Enrique Casas (b. 1977):
Time Has Stopped, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Sep. 2023 – Jan. 2024,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
Divine Brilliancy
(Divino Fulgor), 2024
oil on canvas
60 x 40 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 155.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
Boats, Light and Waves
(Barcas, Luz y Oleaje), 2023
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 39 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 154.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Enrique Casas (b. 1976)
Sunlit Prairie
(Pradera Iluminada), 2024
oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 154.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Miguel Florido (b. 1980)
My Days Without You... Eternal
(Mis Días Sin Ti... Eternos), 2013
mixed media on canvas
55 x 55 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, page 123.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Miguel Florido (b. 1980)
Love Signals
(Señales de Amor), 2016
acrylic on canvas
70 1/2 x 50 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 123.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in Miguel Florido: Choices, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Apr. – Jul. 2018, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

Miguel Florido (b. 1980)
Inner Peace
(Paz Interior), 2024
oil on canvas
78 1/2 x 39 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 120.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Miguel Florido (b. 1980)
Here I am Without You
(Aquí Estoy Sin Ti), 2005
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 123.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Miguel Florido (b. 1980)
Blissful Memories
(Recuerdos Felices), 2017 - 2022
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, page 122.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Miguel Florido (b. 1980)
Forever and Always
(Para Siempre y Por Siempre), 2017 - 2022
oil on canvas
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Sixteen, page 123.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Lilian García-Roig (b. 1966)
North Florida Palm Brush: Cumulative Nature Series
(Palmeras del Norte de la Florida: Serie Naturaleza Acumulativa), 2019
oil on canvas, diptych
48 ¼ x 72 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 152.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Exhibited in the Wiregrass Biennial 2020,
Wiregrass Museum, Dothan AL, where
it won the People’s Choice Award.

Exhibited in Truth, Beauty, Freedom,
Love, The Painting Center, New York City,
July 20 – Aug. 14, 2021.

Exhibited in the solo show Lilian Garcia-Roig:
Hyphenated Nature, at the HCC Gallery 114,
Hillsborough Community College Art Gallery,
Tampa, FL, Jan. 10 – Feb. 24, 2022.

Lilian García-Roig (b. 1966)
Banana Plantation and Mogote Hill
(Platanal y Mogote), 2016
mixed media on heavy paper
laid down on board
22 x 30 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 153.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Lilian García-Roig (b. 1966)
Into the Woods: Staccato Greens
(Adentro del Bosque: Verde Staccato), 2006
oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, page 104.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Lilian García-Roig (b. 1966)
Extended Fauve Forest I
(Bosque Fauve Extendido I), 2004
oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Eighteen, page 144.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Lilian García-Roig (b. 1966)
Extended Fauve Forest II
(Bosque Fauve Extendido II), 2004
oil on canvas, diptych
30 x 24 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Eighteen, page 144.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Giosvany Echevarría (b. 1971)
Blissful Sunset
(Feliz Atardecer), 2024
oil on canvas
33 1/2 x 62 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Giosvany Echevarría (b. 1971)
Early Morning Light
(Temprana Luz de la Mañana), 2014
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Thirteen, page 153.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Giosvany Echevarría (b. 1971)
Interlude
(Interludio), 2016
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, page 124.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Vicente Hernández (b. 1971)
The Burial of Electricity
(El Entierro de La Luz), 2024
oil on canvas
39 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches

To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Vicente Hernández (b. 1971)
Insular Warming
(Calentamiento Insular), 2022
oil on canvas
31 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 131.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

DEMI (b. 1955)
Boy with Florida Oranges
(Niño con Naranjas de Florida), 1987
acrylic on canvas
38 x 26 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Eighteen, page 116.

Provenance:
Collection of the Ladner Family Trust,
Boca Raton, FL.

Exhibited in 100 Years of Creation by Twenty Women
Artists (1922 – 2022), Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
July – December, 2022, and illustrated digitally
on cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

Also dedicated by the artist on the reverse:
"To my husband Arturo on my birthday
April 6, 1987".

DEMI (b. 1955)
Liquid Life #3
(Vida Líquida #3), ca 1987
oil and collage on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Sixteen, page 161.

Provenance:
Collection of the Ladner Family Trust,
Boca Raton, FL.

Exhibited in 100 Years of Creation by Twenty Women
Artists (1922 – 2022), Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
July – December, 2022, and illustrated digitally
on cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.

Clara Morera (b. 1944)
John the Apostle and The Book of the Seven Seals,
(Juan El Apóstol y El Libro de los Siete Sellos), 2024
mixed media on canvas
42 x 28 3/4 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-One, page 116.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Morera’s John the Apostle and The Book of the Seven Seals (2024)
takes its inspiration from Revelation 10:8-10. In this passage, the Apostle John
is confronted by an angel who instructs him to eat a scroll fastened with seven seals,
each seal representing a catastrophe. The scroll is sweet to taste but bitter to the stomach.
John’s act of consuming the scroll symbolizes the internalization of a message despite its
troubling content. In our media-saturated age, “consuming the scroll” assumes a new meaning:
processing the daily barrage of information and misinformation.

NICO HOUGH

Clara Morera (b. 1944)
Elegua, Pretty Boy
(Elegua, Niño Bonito), ca 2008
mixed media on wood
23 ½ x 15 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Eighteen, page 161.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.

Clara Morera (b. 1944)
Malevolent Eyes Don't Look at Me
(Malos Ojos no Me Miran), 2005
mixed media on canvas
52 x 26 inches

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Volume Fourteen, page 173.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.