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This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Dolores and Alejandro Rodríguez dated 12 December 2007.
Pescador
Details
Mariano Rodríguez (Cuban 1912-1990)
Pescador
signed and dated 'Mariano 50' (upper left)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 38¼ in. (76.8 x 97.1 cm.)
Painted in 1950.
Pescador
signed and dated 'Mariano 50' (upper left)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 38¼ in. (76.8 x 97.1 cm.)
Painted in 1950.
Provenance
Eugenia Rodríguez collection, Havana.
Luis Fernández collection, Miami.
Acquired from the above.
Luis Fernández collection, Miami.
Acquired from the above.
Literature
F. Portela, "Mariano y la gran simplicidad del arte", La Prensa, New York, 4 March 1951 (illustrated).
E. Desnoes, "Mariano al filo de la realidad", Rotogrado de Revolución, Havana, 4 November 1963 (illustrated in color).
D. Montes de Oca, Mariano: Tema, discurso y humanidad, Seville, Spain, 2004, p. 197 (illustrated in color).
E. Desnoes, "Mariano al filo de la realidad", Rotogrado de Revolución, Havana, 4 November 1963 (illustrated in color).
D. Montes de Oca, Mariano: Tema, discurso y humanidad, Seville, Spain, 2004, p. 197 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Feigl Gallery, Mariano: Recent Works, 27 February- 13 March 1951, no. 8.
Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mariano: Exposición restrospectiva, 15 May 1975, no. 202.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sala de Exposiciones Canarias, Mariano: Uno y múltiple, 18 October- 11 November 1988.
Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mariano: Obras escogidas, 24 July 1991.
Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mariano: Exposición restrospectiva, 15 May 1975, no. 202.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sala de Exposiciones Canarias, Mariano: Uno y múltiple, 18 October- 11 November 1988.
Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mariano: Obras escogidas, 24 July 1991.
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