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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate

Mariano Rodríguez

Los niños del pozo

Auction Closed

May 17, 10:38 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate

Mariano Rodríguez

1912 - 1990


Los niños del pozo

signed Mariano and dated 39 (upper left)

oil on board

29⅛ by 26 in.

74 by 66 cm.

Executed in 1939.


We wish to thank Alejandro Rodríguez of the Fundación Arte Cubano for his kind assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work.

Please refer to Sothebys.com for updated cataloguing.
Acquired from the estate of the artist by the present owner
Dannys Montes de Oca, Mariano. Tema, discurso y humanidad, Seville 2004, p. 174, illustrated in color
José Veigas Zamora, Alejandro Rodríguez Alomá, Lied Rodríguez Álvarez, et al., Mariano: Catálogo razonado, pintura y dibujo 1936-1949, vol. I, Seville 2007, no. 39.05, p. 54, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art (and traveling), Mariano: Variations on a Theme, 2021, no. 5, p. 140, illustrated in color
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Pintura contemporánea en Cuba, 1960, no. 57
Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mariano Rodríguez. Exposición Retrospectiva, 1975, no. 26
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Exposición retrospectiva del pintor Mariano Rodríguez, obras del 1937 a 1981, 1981, no. 8
Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mariano. Obras escogidas, 1991, p. 40, illustrated in color