CARLOS ALFONZO (1950-1991)
CARLOS ALFONZO (1950-1991)
CARLOS ALFONZO (1950-1991)
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Property from the Collection of the Estate of Percy Steinhart
CARLOS ALFONZO (1950-1991)

Petty Joy

Details
CARLOS ALFONZO (1950-1991)
Petty Joy
signed and dated 'ALF 84' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas tarp with metal grommets
70 x 93 in. (177.8 x 236.2 cm.)
Painted in 1984.
Provenance
Juan Lezcano, Miami, 1987
Acquired from the above by the late owner
Literature
Triumph of the Spirit: Carlos Alfonzo, A Survey 1975-1991, exh. cat., Miami Art Museum, 1997, p. 50.
D. Matos, "Retrospectiva de la obra de Carlos Alfonzo a 70 años de su nacimiento," El Nuevo Herald, 5 March 2020, digital.
J. Herzberg, "LnS Gallery Presents 'Witnessing Perpetuity' By Carlos Alfonzo," Arte al día, 29 January 2021, digital (illustrated).
Carlos Alfonzo: Late Paintings, exh. cat., Miami, Institute of Contemporary Art, 2023, pp. 31 and 220-221 (illustrated).
I. M. Garcia, "'Voy a llevar este barquito a la orilla del mar': The Lives and Legacies of Carlos Alfonzo and Fernando Garcia," Visual AIDS, 9 October 2025, digital (illustrated).
Exhibited
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Contemporary Painters & Sculptors, May-September 1987, pp. 70 and 258-259 (illustrated).
Miami, LnS Gallery, Carlos Alfonzo: Witnessing Perpetuity, February-April 2020, pp. 40 and 41, no. 13 (illustrated).

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