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SPOTLIGHT ON MARIO CARREÑO

Exhibition Photos

A COLLECTIONS OF MASTERPIECE WORKS BY MARIO CARREÑO

Mario Carreño
Tropical Tree
(Arbol Tropical), 1984
oil on canvas
58 1/2 x 47 inches

Exhibited in Carreño, Acanthus Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, April-May 1986

Exhibited in Latin America Art Auction, Miami, Florida, January 7,1994
and illustrated in the corresponding exhibition catalog, lot 80.

Illustrated in the book Mario Carreño, Cronología del Recuerdo,
Editorial Antártica, 1991, page 71.

Exhibited in Christie's Latin American Art, New York, May 31-June 1, 2007,
and illustrated in the corresponding auction catalog, lot 2.

Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Fourteen,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, 2016, page 51.

Mario Carreño
Fruits of the Sea
(Frutos del Mar), 1942
oil on canvas
30 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches

Exhibited in Latin American Still Life, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida,
George Bolge, Curator, September-November 2005, illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog on page 17.

Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Eight, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables,
Florida, 2009, page 33.

Mario Carreño
The Forgotten
(Los Olvidados), 1976
oil on canvas
33 x 47 inches

Provenance:
Galería 9, Lima, Peru
Private Collection, Conneticut
Private Collection, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Exhibited in Mario Carreño, Galería Imagen, Santiago de Chile, October 1976,
and also exhibited in the corresponding catalog, page 42

Exhibited in New Insights into Contemporary Latin American Art, September -
October 1985, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, Massachusetts and illustrated
in the corresponding museum catalog.

Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Sixteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables,
Florida, 2018, page 52.

Mario Carreño
Fire in the Farm
(Fuego en el Batey), 1943
duco and oil on wood panel
48 x 65 inches

Provenance:
The Collection of Milton and Nona Ward, Baldwin, New York
Private Collection, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Exhibited in Galería del Prado, Havana, Cuba, 1943
Exhibited in Carreño: óleos-ducos, gouaches, acuarelas, Galería Lyceum, Havana, Cuba,
November 9-16, 1943 and listed as number 9 in exhibition brochure.

Exhibited in Christie's Latin American Auction Sale, New York, May 28-29, 2009, lot no. 10.

Exhibited in Fuego en el Batey, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, July 3, 2009 and
illustrated on the cover of the invitation.

Exhibited in Cuban Art & Identity: 1900-1950, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach,
Florida, curated b Juan A. Mártinez, PhD, October 19, 2013 - February 2, 2014 and illustrated
in the museum catalog, page 24.

Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Fourteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables,
Florida, 2016, cover page.

Mario Carreño
Chess
(Ajedrez), 1974
bronze sculpture, number I of VI
25 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches

Provenance:
Galería Habana, Arte y Cinema, La Rampa, Havana, Cuba, exhibited November 1958.

Maurice Roth Collection, Atlanta, Georgia

The Mold for this sculpture was created by the artist in 1974. The casting was finalized
in 2002 and production was initiated then at the Fundación R. Buchhass, Buenos Aires,
Argentina (inscribed with foundry marks)

Exhibited (different number) in Mario Carreño, Exposición Retrospectiva, 1939-1993,
Museo de Arte Visuales, Santiago de Chile, March - May 2004. Illustrated on page 54
of the exhibition catalog.

Illustrated (different number) in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Sixteen,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, 2018, page 55.

MARIO CARREÑO (1913 – 1999)
Figurehead
(Mascarón de Proa), 1974
bronze sculpture, 13 of 18
20 ¼ x 19 ¼ x 7 inches

Provenance:
Manuel Porro Vizcarra,
San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The mold for this sculpture was created by Mario Carreño in 1974.
The casting was finalized in 2002, and production was conducted
then at Fundición R. Buchhass, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This sculpture was exhibited (different number) in Mario Carreño,
Exposición Restrospectiva, 1939-1993, Museo de Artes Visuales,
Santiago de Chile, March – May 2004.
It appears illustrated on page 52 of the exhibition catalog.

This sculpture is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Juan Alberto Campos.

Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Seventeen, page 46.

Mario Carreño
Fruit Bowl
(Frutero), 1974
bronze sculpture, number I of IV
13 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 11 inches

This sculpture is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity
signed by Ramón Vázquez Díaz dated August 21, 2003.

The Mold for this sculpture was created by the artist in 1974. The casting was finalized
in 2002 and production of Fruit Bowl was initiated then at the Fundación R. Buchhass,
Buenos Aires, Argentina (inscribed with foundry marks)

Exhibited (different number) in Mario Carreño, Exposición Retrospectiva, 1939 - 1993,
Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago de Chile