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Olofi Owner of the Landscape
(Olofi, Dueño del Paisaje)
Manuel Mendive
1994
oil on canvas
46 x 74 1/4 inches
SOLD
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.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2023, page 113.
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.
Acquired by a Private Collector in New York.
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
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Eating Knives
(Comiendo Cuchillo)
Juan Roberto Diago
2002
mixed media and collage on canvas
79 x 59 inches
AVAILABLE
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.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois,
April, 2025.
To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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There is Always a Way
(Siempre hay un Camino)
Irina Elén González
2024
acrylic on canvas
39 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, December, 2024.
Exhibited at Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary
Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, March, 2025.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2024, page 141.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Spanish Dancer with Mantilla
(Bailarina Española con Mantilla)
Armando Menocal
1889
oil on canvas
33 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches
SOLD
Exhibited in Armando Menocal
(1863 - 1942) Painter, Professor, Patriot:
Ten Portraits and Landscapes, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, Sep. – Dec. 2021,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
Exhibited in Cuban Art in the 20th Century: Cultural
Identity and the International Avant-Garde, Florida
State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee,
Florida, Feb. 12, 2016 – Mar. 27, 2016, curated by
Segundo J. Fernandez, PhD, and illustrated in the
accompanying catalog, pages 27 and 67.
Exhibited in Cuban Art in the 20th Century:
Cultural Identity and the International Avant-Garde,
Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida,
Jan. 22, 2017 – Apr. 23, 2017.
Exhibited in 25 Artworks from the 19th Century,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
March – August, 2025.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2024, page 161.
Acquired by a Private Collector in New York.
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Untitled [Encounter at Dawn]
(Sin Título [Encuentro al Amanecer])
Wifredo Lam
1978
mixed media and pastel laid down on board
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Erker Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
This painting is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Eskil Lam, numbered 24-32.
In 1978, Wifredo Lam spent time in St. Gallen,
Switzerland, recovering his health after having
suffered a stroke. Lam, the inveterate painter, found
time and energy to produce a repertoire of works on
heavy paper, brilliantly executed with bravado and
resolve, as if defying the inevitable end. The artist
turned over these artworks to the Erker Galerie in
St. Gallen, by then one of the well-known and
prestigious exponents of modernism in Europe.
The galerie, run by Franz Larese and Jürg Janett,
exemplified the advancement of artistic moments
in direct dialogue with leading intellectuals and
writers of distinction. The circle of leading artists
and intellectuals associated with Erker Galerie,
which also ran a publishing house, is legendary,
from Martin Heidegger, Eduardo Chillida, Die Kunst,
Halldór Laxness, Asger Jorn, Joseph Brodsky, Antoni
Tàpies, and others. Wifredo Lam had deposited his
last artistic hurrah in great hands.
Ramón Cernuda
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Landscape with Ceiba Tree and Palms
(Paisaje con Ceiba y Palmas)
Philippe Chartrand
ca 1870
oil on canvas
8 x 14 inches
SOLD
This painting is presented in its original
nineteenth century stretcher.
Provenance:
Collection Berlin, Germany.
Exhibited in CUBAN OLD MASTERS: The 1800s,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, Jan. – Oct. 2019,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, December, 2019.
Exhibited in 25 Artworks from the 19th Century,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
March – August, 2025.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Fifteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2017, page 14.
Acquired by a Private Collector in New York.
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To Viñales with Love
(Para Viñales con Amor)
Giosvany Echevarría
2025
oil on canvas
47 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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The Thinker [from the series “American Dream”]
(El Pensador [de la serie “Sueño Americano”])
Jorge Luis Santos
2017
mixed media on canvas
80 x 53 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited at Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary
Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, March, 2025.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2024, page 151.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Dreams
(Sueños)
Manuel Mendive
1990
mixed media on heavy paper laid down on museum quality board
20 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Private Collection, Paris, France.
To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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Nude
(Desnudo)
Agustín Fernández
1991
oil on canvas
50 x 40 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Gary Nader Fine Art, Latin American Art Auction,
Nov. 1, 2001.
Exhibited in The Sensual and the
Erotic in Cuban Art (1900 to 2020), Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, November 2021, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Exhibited at Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary
Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, March, 2025.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2024, page 89.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Wellington, Florida.
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Workers
(Trabajadores)
Agustín Cárdenas drawings
ca 1943-49
graphite on paper
8 x 11 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Hilda Peñalver Sánchez, sister-in-law of the artist.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Fifteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2017, page 92.
This work on paper by Agustín Cárdenas is part of a larger
collection of drawings that were executed during the artist's
formative years at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes,
San Alejandro, from 1943 to 1949. This cache of works was
kept for decades by the artist's brother, Luis Cárdenas Alfonso,
and later by his sister-in-law, Hilda Peñalver Sánchez. In many
of these drawings, Agustín Cárdenas depicts scenes of everyday life.
Common folk of the working class, beggars, farmhands and people
of color. This subject matter of social commentary in the body
of work of Cárdenas has not been fully researched, and deserves
to be recognized.
Ramón Cernuda
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The Experience of Red
(La Experiencia del Rojo)
Danuel Méndez
2024
acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited at Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary
Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, March, 2025.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
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Life
(Vida)
Jorge Luis Santos
2021
acrylic on canvas
72 x 72 inches
signed and dated on reverse
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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Sunlit Prairie
(Pradera Iluminada)
Enrique Casas
2024
oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois,
April, 2025.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-One, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2024, page 154.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Johns Island, South Carolina.
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The Struggle
(La Lucha)
Antonia Eiriz
ca 1965
mixed media on paper
30 x 25 1/2 inches
AVAILABLE
Exhibited in Subasta Habana, Havana, Cuba, Nov. 23,
2004, and illustrated in the corresponding
auction catalog, number 43.
To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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Aurora
(Aurora)
Enrique Casas
2024
oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 45 1/4 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
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Interior in Abstract
(Interior en Abstracto)
Raúl Milián
1973
mixed media on cardboard
15 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches
SOLD
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois,
April, 2017.
To be Include in the upcoming book Rául Milián:
The Dark is Light Enough by Dr. Alejandro Anreus.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Ten, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, 2012,
page 67.
Acquired by a Private Collector in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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