CUBA MODERNA: MASTERWORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Fidelio Ponce de León (1895-1949)
Portrait of Rosie
Details
Fidelio Ponce de León (1895-1949)
Portrait of Rosie
signed 'F. Ponce' (upper left)
oil on canvas
32 x 24 in. (81.2 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1935.
Provenance
Girón Cerna collection, Guatemala. Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Havana, Cuba, Galería del Prado, Pintura cubana de hoy, Havana, Galería del Prado, 1944, p. 73 (illustrated). Havana, Municipio de La Habana, Salones del Centro de Dependientes, Primera Exposición de Arte Moderno, 23 March - 8 April 1937, p. 69 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fundación Arte Cubano for their assistance cataloguing this work.