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CARLOS GARAICOA (b. 1967)

Lot 58
12.03.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1166877
Lot 58 | CARLOS GARAICOA (b. 1967)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 20 000
CARLOS GARAICOA (b. 1967)

The First Sowing of Hallucinogeneic Mushrooms in Havana

signed, dated and titled 'C. GARAICOA, 1997. PROYECTO: PRIMER SEMBRADO DE HONGOS ALUCINOGENOS EN LA HABANA. Apuntado en La Habana, Cuba (Projecto Necesario)' (left panel of drawing)

graphite on paper; silver dye-bleach (Ilfochrome) print

31 ½ x 106 ¼ (80 x 270 cm) drawing

19 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (50.2 x 60.3 cm.) photograph

Executed in 1997.





Provenance

Dianne Ghioto, New York (acquired directly from the artist).

Acquired from the above by the present owner (2009).



Literature

A. Naranjo, "Cuesta abajo," Casa de las Américas, April-June 1999, issue 215, p. 87 (illustrated).

H. Block, Art Cuba: The New Generation, 2001, p. 28 (illustrated in color).

J. Andermann, et al., Latin American Cultural Studies: A Reader, 2018, p. 146 (illustrated in color).



Exhibited

Vancouver, Contemporary Art Gallery, Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba, March-May 1997, p. 76 (illustrated in color).

Bogotá, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Aranago, Casa de Moneda; New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts; Caracas, Museo Alejandro Otero, Carlos Garaicoa, La ruina; la utopia, 2000, p. 59 (illustrated in color).

Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution, April 2001-Feburary 2002.



Further Details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Estudio Carlos Garaicoa, signed by Carlos Gariacoa Manso, dated 21 February 2024. We are grateful to the Estudio Carlos Garaicoa for their assistance cataloguing this work.
Artist:Carlos Garaicoa (1967)
Applied technique:Gelatin silver print
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Cuba
Auction house category:Photography
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