ID 820986
Lot 79 | Manuel Mendive (b. 1944)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Los hijos del agua, conversando con un pez
signed and dated 'MENDIVE 2002' (on boat)
acrylic on wood, metal, and cowrie shells
Height: 56 in. (142.2 cm.)
Width: 59 3/4 in. (151.8 cm.)
Depth: 24 in. (61 cm.)
Executed in 2001.
Provenance
Galería Habana, Havana.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
C. Sredni de Birbragher, "Howard Farber, coleccionista de arte", ArtNexus, 78:9, 2010, pp. 64-69 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Palma de Mallorca, Centro de Cultura Sa Nostra, Mendive: Shangó y La Vida, 2001, pp. 88 (illustrated). This exhibition also traveled to Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Juan Ismael Art Center, 2002; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Sala La Recova, 2002; Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2003.
Gainesville, Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, 29 May - 9 September 2007, p. 133 (illustrated in color). This exhibition also traveled to Sarasota, Florida, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 7 October - 31 December 2007; Eugene, Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, 3 October - 4 January 2009; Winnipeg, Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 15 October - 10 January 2010; Coral Gables, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 4 Feb - 4 April 2010; Katonah, New York, Katonah Museum of Art, 27 June - 19 September 2010.
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| Artist: | Manuel Mendive (1944) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Cuba |
| Artist: | Manuel Mendive (1944) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Cuba |
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