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Lot 338: Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban b. 1942)

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 15, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban b. 1942)
The Journey
signed 'AZACETA' (lower left) signed again and dated 'LUIS CRUZ AZACETA, 1986' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
123 x 132 in. (312.4 x 335.3 cm.)
Painted in 1986.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

New York, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New Paintings, 1986. Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920- 1987, 28 June- 13 September 1987. This exhibition later travelled to: Flushing, The Queens Museum, 10 October- 6 December 1987; Miami, Center for Fine Arts, 15 January- March 1988; and Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 25 March- 22 May 1988.
Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, Latin Viewpoints, 18 August- 3 November 1996.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920- 1987, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1987, p.197 (illustrated in color).
G. Glueck, "The Many Accents of Latino Art", New York Times, Sunday 25 September 1988, p.1 sec 2 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Latin Viewpoints, Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, 1996, p.32 (illustrated in color).

Provenance

Acquired from the artist.
Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Monterrey.
Acquired from the above.

Notes

Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban b. 1942)
The Journey
signed 'AZACETA' (lower left) signed again and dated 'LUIS CRUZ AZACETA, 1986' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
123 x 132 in. (312.4 x 335.3 cm.)
Painted in 1986.

Auction Details

Latin American Paintings

by
Christie's
November 15, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US