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PARTIAL SELECTIONS OF RECENT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES - NOVEMBER 2021
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Fire in the Farm
(Fuego en el Batey)
Mario Carreño
1943
Duco and oil on wood panel
48 x 65 inches
SOLD
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 the exhibition brochure.
Exhibited in Christie’s Latin American 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 by Juan A. Martínez, PhD,
October 19, 2013 - February 2, 2014, and illustrated in the museum catalog, page 24.
Guy Pérez Cisneros, “Mario Carreño,” Grafos Havanity, no. 117, Year X, Havana,
November-December 1943, p. 17-19.
José Gómez Sicre, Cuadernos de Plástica Cubana I, Carreño, Ediciones Galería del Prado,
Havana, 1943, illustrated.
José Gómez Sicre, Cuban Painting of Today, María Luisa Gómez Mena, Havana,
1944, p. 100, illustrated.
L. Gómez Wangüemert, “La exposición de Carreño en el Lyceum,” Carteles, Havana,
November 1944, illustrated.
José Gómez Sicre, Carreño, Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., 1947.
Loló de la Torriente, Estudio de las artes plásticas en Cuba, Havana, 1954, p. 174-175.
José Gómez Sicre, Art of Cuba in Exile, Editora Munder, Miami, 1987, p. 53, illustrated.
Mario Carreño, Cronología del recuerdo, Editorial Antártica, Santiago, 1991.
Guy Pérez Cisneros, Antología de la crítica de arte, Editorial Letras Cubanas,
2000, p. 173.
J. R. Alonso, Los Ducos de Carreño, Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana,
Madrid, (forthcoming publication date to be announced).
Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Fourteen, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, November 2016, pg. 41.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Shore
(Orilla)
Tomás Sánchez
1992
acrylic on canvas
20 x 15 7/8 inches
SOLD
This painting is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity signed by the artist, Tomás Sánchez, dated August 23, 2001.
Exhibited in Tomás Sánchez 1970s to the 1990s, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, June – October 2019.
Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Eleven, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, page 108.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Palm Beach, Florida.
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The Black Mass
(La Misa Negra)
Mariano Rodríguez
1952
oil on canvas
38 3/8 x 47 3/4 inches
AVAILABLE
This painting is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate of Authenticity, issued and signed by Dr. Dolores Rodríguez, daughter of the artist.
Exhibited in Exposición Homenaje al Dr. Luis de Soto, Galería de arte de la Sociedad Nuestro Tiempo, Havana Cuba, 1955, and illustrated in the accompanying exhibition catalog, page 124.
Exhibited in Cuban Art: A Retrospective 1930-1980, The Signs Gallery, New York, January – May 1982, and illustrated in the accompanying catalog no. 20. This exhibition later travelled to Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Sala Arteconsult, Panama City, Panama,
May – June 1982.
Exhibited in La Habana en Madrid, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, 1989 and illustrated in the accompanying catalog page 37.
Exhibited in Christies New York, Latin American Sale, Important Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, November 24-25, 1998.
Illustrated in the accompanying catalog no.180, page 216.
Illustrated and documented in Mariano, Catálogo Razonado, Pintura, dibujo y cerámica 1950-1966, Volumen II, published by Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana, page 101, no. 52.05.
Illustrated in “Mariano. Fiesta libre y en series”, Bohemia, año 104, no.19, Havana, September 21, 2012, page 8.
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Enlightened Silence
(Silencio Iluminado)
Agustín Cárdenas
1971
white Carrara marble with black granite
18 1/4 x 8 x 8 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Collection, Avon, Connecticut.
Illustrated in the book La Sculpture de Cárdenas, Jose Pierre, 1971, Bruxelles, Belgium, page 123, number 242.
Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Fourteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, page 78.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Coral Gables, Florida.
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The Drinker
(El Bebedor)
Luis Martínez Pedro
1935
graphite on paper
18 x 15 1/2 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Private Collection, Coral Gables, Florida.
Illustrated in Cuban Art, Remembering Cuba Through its Art, Private Collections in Exile Vol. 1, Arte al Día International, Miami, Florida, 2004, page 167.
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Viñales Valley Landscape
(Valle de Viñales Paisaje)
René Portocarrero
1944
oil on canvas
31 x 23 1/2 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance: Felix Pita Rodríguez Collection, Havana, Cuba.
Exhibited (Paisaje) in René Portocarrero, Exposición Retrospectiva, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba, July, 1967, and listed in the corresponding museum catalog, number 45.
Currently on exhibition in Selections from Important Cuban Artworks Volume Eighteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida.
Illustrated in the book PORTOCARRERO, Ramón Vázquez Díaz, Fundación Arte Cubano, Artes Gráficas Palermo, Madrid 2015, page 126.
This work will be illustrated in the upcoming catalog, Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Eighteen, to be published in December 2021.
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Port
(Marina)
José Mijares
1950
oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Private collection, Coral Gables, Florida.
Currently on exhibition in Selections from Important Cuban Artworks,
Volume Eighteen, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida.
Illustrated in Cuban Art, Remembering Cuba Through its Art, Private Collections in Exile Vol. 1, Arte al Día International, Miami, Florida, 2004, page 191.
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Young Lady With a Spanish Shawl
(Muchacha con Mantón)
Armando Menocal
1892
oil on canvas
25 x 20 inches
SOLD
Provenance: Collection, Madrid, Spain.
Exhibited in Armando Menocal
(1863 - 1942) Painter, Professor, Patriot: Ten Portraits and Landscapes, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, June – October 2019.
Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Fifteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, page 18.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Coral Gables, Florida.
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Portrait of Flora
(Retrato de Flora)
René Portocarrero
1962
oil on canvas
19 3/4 x 16 inches
SOLD
Provenance: Alex Grigato Collection, Mantua, Italy.
This work will be illustrated in the upcoming catalog, Important Cuban Artworks,
Volume Eighteen,
to be published in December 2021.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Coral Gables, Florida.
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From the Prisoner Series
(De la Serie Prisioneros)
Roberto Estopiñán
ca 1964
wooden sculpture
35 x 19 1/2 x 25 inches
SOLD
Provenance: José Gómez Sicre Collection, Washington, D.C.
We are grateful to Dr. Alejandro Anreus for having confirmed the provenance, authenticity and exhibition history of this artwork.
Exhibited in Bonino Gallery,
New York City, 1968.
Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Fourteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, page 77.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Coral Gables, Florida.
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Cuba Marching
(Cuba en Marcha)
Alberto Peña
1936
oil on burlap
45 x 34 1/4 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Private Collection, Coral Gables, Florida.
Exhibited in Primera Exposicion de Arte Moderno, Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Centro de Dependientes, Havana, Cuba, March – April 1937, and illustrated in the accompanying exhibition catalog, page 62.
Exhibited in Cuban Art and Identity: 1900-1950, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida, October 19, 2013 – February 2, 2014 and illustrated in the accompanying exhibition catalog,
page 3 and page 42, no. 41.
Illustrated in Cuban Art, Remembering Cuba Through its Art, Private Collections in Exile Vol. 1, Arte al Día International, Miami, Florida, 2004, page 177.
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Head [Fangs]
(Cabeza [Colmillos])
Enrique Gay García
1973
bronze sculpture on unpolished marble base, Artist's proof
14 1/2 x 6 x 15 inches (without base)
22 1/2 x 6 x 15 inches (including base)
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Arturo Munder, Miami, Florida;
José Gómez-Sicre Collection, Washington D.C.;
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America Collection, Organization of American States (OEA), Washington, D.C.
Exhibited in Contemporary Latin American Art: The Esso Collection of the Lowe Art Museum and Latin American Artists of the Southeastern U.S., Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1978, and illustrated in the accompanying catalog, page 85.
Exhibited in Outside Cuba: Contemporary Cuban Visual Artists, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1989.
Illustrated in Museum of Modern Art of Latin America: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Organization of American States, Washington D.C., 1985, p. 175.
Illustrated in Art of Cuba in Exile, José Gómez-Sicre,
Editora Munder, Miami, FL, 1987, p. 123.
Illustrated in Outside Cuba: Contemporary Cuban Visual Artists, Rutgers University,
1989, p. 146.
This work will be illustrated in the upcoming catalog, Important Cuban Artworks,
Volume Eighteen, to be published in December 2021.
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All Aboard!
(¡Todos a Bordo!)
Vicente Hernández
2020
oil on canvas
59 x 79 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Vicente Hernández (b. 1971): Art as Protest, Protest as Art, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
July – October 2021.
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Destiny Challenge
(Reto del Destino)
Vicente Hernández
2020
oil on canvas
47 x 55 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Vicente Hernández (b. 1971): Art as Protest, Protest as Art, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
July – October 2021.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Pinecrest, Florida.
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From the series “The Power of Presence”
(De la serie “El Poder de la Presencia”)
Juan Roberto Diago
2005
mixed media on metal and wood
46 3/4 x 31 x 3 inches
SOLD
Illustrated in Diago: The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban Present, catalog for the exhibition of the same name,
Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente, Harvard University Press, 2017, Cambridge, Massachusetts, page 98.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Fisher Island, Florida.
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I'll Never Forget You
(Nunca Te Olvidaré)
Miguel Florido
2021
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
This work will be illustrated in the upcoming catalog, Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Eighteen, to be published in December 2021.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
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Solitary Palm
(Palma Solitaria)
Esteban Chartrand
ca 1867-70
graphite on heavy paper
laid down on board
5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches
SOLD
Acquired by a Private Collector in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Nymph
(Ninfa)
Rafael Soriano
1978
oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
AVAILABLE
Signed, titled, dated, and dedicated to José Gómez-Sicre on the reverse.
Provenance: José Gómez-Sicre Collection, Washington D.C.
The painting is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate of Authenticity issued by
the Rafael Soriano Foundation, signed by Hortensia Soriano, daughter of the artist,
dated August 12, 2021.
Currently on exhibition in Selections from Important Cuban Artworks Volume Eighteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida.
This work will be illustrated in the upcoming catalog, Important Cuban Artworks,
Volume Eighteen, to be published in December 2021.
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Palm Frenzy I
(Frenesí de Palmas I)
Lilian García-Roig
2011
oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
SOLD
Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Thirteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, page 173.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Coral Gables, Florida.
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A Light in the Storm
(Una Luz en La Tempestad)
Giosvany Echevarría
2021
oil on canvas
33 1/4 x 62 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
This work will be illustrated in the upcoming catalog, Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Eighteen, to be published in December 2021.
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Landscape
(Paisaje)
Domingo Ramos
1939
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches
SOLD
Acquired by a Private Collector in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Hetaira
(Hetaira)
Clara Morera
2021
mixed media on canvas
39 x 58 1/4 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Fisher Island, Florida.
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My Passion
(Mi Pasión)
Miguel Florido
2020-2021
mixed media on canvas
71 x 51 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist.
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The Metaphor of Silence
(La Metáfora del Silencio)
Humberto Calzada
1995
acrylic on canvas
44 3/4 x 59 3/4 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
The Collection of The Republic National Bank of Miami, Miami, Florida;
The Collection of Wells Fargo International Bank, Miami, Florida.
Exhibited in Humberto Calzada
(b. 1944) The Cuba of Yesterday -
Early Works 1970's to 1990's,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
May – October 2021.
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Tear (from the series "Two Worlds")
(Lágrima (de la serie "Dos Mundos")
Jorge Luis Santos
2018
mixed media on canvas
77 1/2 x 72 inches
SOLD
This painting was exhibited in Converging Dialogues in Contempoarary Art, Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota, Florida, September 2020 - March 2021, Dr. Francine Birbragher, curator.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Gables by the Sea, Florida.
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Live Today, Die Tomorrow
(Vive Hoy, Mañana Morirás)
Juan Roberto Diago
ca 1998
mixed media on canvas
59 1/4 x 79 inches
SOLD
Exhibited in Roberto Diago, L’avant garde cubaine á Paris, Lauréat du Prix Amédée Mariatier 1999, November-December 1999, Galerie Etats D’Art, Paris.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Fisher Island, Florida.
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View of the City of Havana
(Vista de La Ciudad de La Habana)
René Portocarrero
1970
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on board
19 3/4 x 26 inches
SOLD
Provenance: Private Collection, Tokyo, Japan.
Exhibited in René Portocarrero (1912 - 1985) Fifteen Creations
from the 1940's to 1970's, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
December 2020 – July 2021.
Illustrated in Important Cuban Artworks Volume Eleven,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, page 76.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Miami, Florida.
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