Juan Soriano (1920-2006)
Juan Soriano (1920-2006)
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FRANK AND JAYNE FERNÁNDEZ
Juan Soriano (1920-2006)

Self Portrait

Details
Juan Soriano (1920-2006)
Self Portrait
signed and dated 'J. Soriano, 47' (lower center)
oil and tempera on canvas
30 x 23 7/8 in. (76.20 x 60.6 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Frank and Jayne Fernández.
By descent to the present owners.
Further Details
1 Juan Soriano quoted in Elena Poniatowska’s Juan Soriano: niño de mil años (Barcelona: Plaza & Janés Editores, 1998), p. 118.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Marek Keller for his assistance cataloguing this work.
I believe that for an artist the only thing that matters is the intention and the depth with which they make their work. One has to continuously search within oneself, because nothing better can come to us from the outside. In ones own being and in ones own spirit is the formula for salvation for the artist. Only the inner gaze is what counts.
--Juan Soriano, 1998[1]


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