Lot 145
  • 145

Rafael Moreno (1887-1955)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Rafael Moreno
  • El Ingenio
  • signed lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 1/2 by 39 1/2 in.
  • 65 by 100 cm
  • Painted in 1944.

Provenance

Luís Martínez Pedro, Havana
Natalia Elena Revuelta Clews, Havana
Private Collection, Key Biscayne

Exhibited

Havana, Lyceum, Rafael Moreno, February, 1945 
São Paulo, II Bienal de São Paulo, Cuba: Pintura, November 1953-February 1954, no. 26, p. 113

Literature

José Veigas, Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas del siglo XX, California, 2001, p. 254, illustrated in color

Condition

This work has been lined with a non-wax adhesive. The surface is stable and attractive as a result. The painting reads very strongly under ultraviolet light, but it seems the only retouches are in the roof of the factory in the center to the right of the largest chimney. The work should be hung as is. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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