Mario Carreño

Arlequín

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Mario Carreño

1913 - 1999

Arlequín

signed Carreño and dated Paris-39 (lower left)

oil on canvas

31¾ by 23¾ in.

80.6 by 60.3 cm.

Executed in Paris in 1939.

Maria Luisa Gómez Mena, Havana (acquired directly from the artist)

José Gómez-Sicre, Havana (acquired from the above)

Marta Gutiérrez, Miami (acquired from the above)

José Martínez-Cañas, Miami (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's New York, 29 May 1984, lot 54 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Miami (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's New York, 17 May 1994, lot 18 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

José Gómez-Sicre, Cuadernos de Plástica Cubana, Carreño, Havana, 1943, illustrated in color
Guillermo de Zéndegui, "El cosmos luminoso de Mario Carreño," Américas, vol. 29, no. 5, p. 9, illustrated
Jesús Fernandez Torna, Mario Carreño. Selected Works 1936-1957, Miami, 2012, p. 77, illustrated in color

Havana, Capitolio Nacional, Exposición de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, 1941, no. 23, pl. 9, n.p., illustrated in color
Havana, Galeria Lyceum, Carreño, 1942, n.p., detail illustrated in color
Washington, D.C., Pan American Union, Carreño, 1947, no. 3, illustrated
New York, The New School for Social Research, Carreño Retrospective Exhibition, 1950, no. 1
Miami, Metropolitan Museum and Art Centers, Latin American Paintings, Selections from the Martínez-Cañas Collection, 1977
Miami, Metropolitan Museum and Art Centers, Latin American Paintings, Selections from the Martínez-Cañas Collection, 1980, no. 11