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Story for a Dance
(Cuento para Bailar)
Gina Pellón
2013
mixed media on canvas
39 x 31 3/4 inches
SOLD
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, FL, Nov.- Dec., 2022.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago,
Illinois, April, 2023.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2022, page 77.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Los Angeles, California.
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Mantilla for Silence
(Mantilla para el Silencio)
Gina Pellón
2008
mixed media on canvas
35 x 45 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the
Estate of Gina Pellón.
Exhibited in Gina Pellón,
Still Going Strong, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Nov. - Dec. 2010,
and illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, page 29.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, November 28
to December 3, 2018.
Exhibited in Palm Beach Modern
and Contemporary Fair,
Palm Beach, FL, March, 2025.
Exhibited in GINA PELLÓN:
CENTENNIAL (1926 – 2026),
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
Sep. 4, 2026 – Jan. 20, 2027,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Sixteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2019, page 98.
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Dreams and Vigils
(Sueños y Vigilias)
Yasiel Elizagaray
2024
oil on canvas
39 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois,
April, 2024.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Chicago, Illinois.
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Concealed Feelings
(Sentimientos Ocultos)
Yasiel Elizagaray
2025
mixed media on canvas
55 x 47 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
The Expressionist is an artist who wants to convey
how their world feels, not just how it appears. This
is achieved through techniques like exaggeration,
distortion, and the selection of colors that deviate
from the real. For some artists, this subjectivity
manifests as tenderness; for others, tension. What sets
Elizagaray apart is his fluency with both extremes.
Elizagaray’s painterly approach walks the line between
tradition and innovation, blending compositional cues
from American and European masters with a contemporary
approach to form and to the application of pigment.
Through his attention to detail, restrained color
palette and drastic impasto, the artist presents honest
images of young people in a world haunted by crises.
NICO HOUGH
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Eccentric Clock
(Reloj Excéntrico)
Angel Acosta León
ca 1960
ink on paper laid down on board
10 1/2 x 8 inches
SOLD
Exhibited in Group Show of
Modern & Contemporary Art,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
June - August 2014, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, December, 2018.
Illustrated in the book
Angel Acosta León
and His Magic, Rosa Chediak,
Ph.D., 2013, page 145.
This work is accompanied by
a copy of the publication and a
Certificate of Authenticity, signed
by Eugenia Acosta León, sister of
the artist.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in Miramar, Florida.
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Tower on Wheels
(Torre en Ruedas)
Angel Acosta León
ca 1962
ink on paper
7 1/4 x 5 inches
AVAILABLE
Exhibited in ANGEL ACOSTA LEÓN
(1930 – 1964): Selections, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Oct. 2026 – Jan. 2027,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Illustrated in the book
Angel Acosta León and His Magic,
Rosa Chediak, Ph.D., 2013, page 92.
This artwork is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Eugenia Antonia Acosta León,
sister of the artist.
The gifted surrealist artist Angel Acosta León
(1930-1964) amassed a collection of over one
hundred works on paper executed during the
last five years of his short but prolific career.
This salient grouping of artistic creations was
inherited by Eugenia Antonia Acosta León, sister
of the painter, upon the artist's untimely death
by suicide in 1964. Toña, as she was called by
her friends and family, kept in her possession
and protected this treasure for close to fifty
years.
These works were catalogued, studied and
documented by Dr. Rosa A. Chediak, who authored
the book Angel Acosta León and His Magic, 2013 -
a 200 page publication where all the renditions
of this collection are illustrated. Cernuda Arte
is pleased to have made the acquisition of this
unique trove of paintings by Acosta León.
RAMÓN CERNUDA
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Neptuno in Flight
(Neptuno en Fuga)
Enrique Casas
2023
oil on canvas
14 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Enrique Casas (b. 1977):
Time Has Stopped, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Sep. 2023 – Jan. 2024,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago,
Illinois, April, 2025.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Lake Bluff, Illinois.
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The Strength of Distance
(La Fuerza de la Distancia)
Humberto Calzada
1999
acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Private Collection Key Biscayne, Florida.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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I Have Forgotten You
(Ya Te Olvidé)
Miguel Florido
2017-2020
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Modern & Contemporary Cuban Art
from the Island & The Diaspora, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, January - March 2021,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Eighteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2021, page 111.
Acquired by the Blanton Museum of Art,
University of Texas, Austin, TX.
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Untitled [Tea Time]
(Sin Título [Tiempo de Té])
Tania Bruguera
2002
mixed media collage of tea bags
on heavy paper,
signed and dated in the reverse
22 x 29 3/4 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Private Collection Key Biscayne, Florida.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
We are grateful to artist Tania Bruguera
for having confirmed the authenticity
of this artwork.
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Untitled [Femme Cheval]
(Sin Título [Mujer Caballo])
Wifredo Lam
1950
ink on paper
6 x 4 inches
SOLD
Exhibited in BLACK ART MATTERS:
13 Modern and Contemporary
Afro-Cuban Masters, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, June – Dec. 2020,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, December, 2023.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS, Volume Seventeen,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2020, page 25.
This painting is accompanied by a
Certificate of Authenticity issued by
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France, dated
Sep. 2012 and signed by Daniel Lelong,
principal.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Barcelona, Spain.
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Osun
(Osún)
Wifredo Lam
1977
bronze sculpture 2/8
39 1/4 x 19 x 9 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Public auction, Saint-Germain
-en-Laye, June 23, 1992.
Exhibited in WIFREDO LAM:
Around the Galleries, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, July – Nov. 2026,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Illustrated LAM, retrospective
at the Musée d'Art Moderne de
la Ville de Paris, 1983, identical
model reproduced under n°151.
Illustrated [different number]
in Wifredo Lam: Catalogue
Raisonné of the Painted Work,
Volume II, 1961-1982, Project
Director: Eskil Lam, Acatos 2002,
page 225, no. 125.
We thank Mr. Eskil Lam for
kindly confirming the authenticity
of this artwork and the above
information.
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Offerings from the Sea
(Ofrendas del Mar)
Manuel Mendive
2002
acrylic on canvas
29 x 33 inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair, FL,
November 29 - December 4, 2022.
Exhibited in Important
Contemporary Masters,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
Apr. – Sep. 2023, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
This painting is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz.
Dr. Ramos Cruz is the author of the
book Lam y Mendive, Arte Afrocubano,
Linkgua Ediciones, Barcelona,
Spain, 2009.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Palm City, Florida.
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Figures in Blue
(Figuras en Azul)
Manuel Mendive
1993
acrylic on canvas
41 1/2 x 50 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Private Collection, Hudson, New York.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
“It is significant for the artist to establish
in his work a symbolic dialog about the
relationships of human beings with the floral
kingdom and the animal world. Manuel Mendive
appeals to the anthropomorphic metamorphosis
of the figures to demonstrate that plants and
animals are the true compliment of humans - all
significant - not only, nor principally because
of the so-called evolution of the species,
but mostly because in the spiritual world they,
plants and animals, are essential to divinities
and to their spiritual energies.”
Dr. Guillermina Ramos Cruz,
author of the book Lam y Mendive,
Barcelona, 2009.
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Angel with Flower Vase
(Angel con Florero)
René Portocarrero
1955
ink on heavy paper laid down on board
13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
SOLD
Exhibited in Cuban and Latin
American Painting and Sculpture,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
Dec. 2012 – Feb. 2013, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
Exhibited at Palm Beach Modern and
Contemporary Art Fair, Palm Beach,
Florida, March, 2023.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Barcelona, Spain.
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Ana
(Anne)
René Portocarrero
1965
oil on canvas
28 x 20 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Purchased by the current owner's
father directly from René Portocarrero
in his studio in Mexico, circa 1966.
The current owner's father was a
Swedish diplomat stationed in
Cuba and Mexico.
Exhibited in René Portocarrero,
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bosque
de Chapultepec, México, May 1965,
and listed in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, number 20.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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El Fanguito, Havana
(El Fanguito, La Habana)
Juan Roberto Diago
2019
30 handmade houses, wood and recovered materials
measurements vary
SOLD
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Juan Roberto Diago:
20 Years of Creation, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2020,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
This work is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity,
signed by the artist.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Palmetto Bay, Florida.
In 2019, Juan Roberto Diago created several
installations in the conceptual likeness of
shantytowns in Cuba, each one an homage to an
actual impoverished neighborhood on the island
- Belén, El Fanguito, Los Positos, La Timba,
Los Sitios, and others.
Like much of the physical architecture of the
neighborhoods they depict, these works are
built from found and discarded materials, an
authentic and meta-textual technique
the
artist has employed throughout his career.
These unique installations were constructed
specifically for the exhibition, Juan Roberto Diago:
20 Years of Creation, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables,
FL, November 2019 – January 2020.
Each work is accompanied by a Photo-Certificate
of Authenticity, signed by the artist.
NICO HOUGH
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From the series “I Have My History”
(De la serie “Yo Tengo Mi Historia”)
Juan Roberto Diago
2003
mixed media on wood
34 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Diago: The Pasts
of This Afro-Cuban Present,
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center,
Colorado College, Colorado Springs,
Colorado, curated by Professor
Alejandro de la Fuente,
February 11 – July 2, 2022.
Exhibited in Diago: The Pasts
of This Afro-Cuban Present,
Art Museum of the Americas,
Washington D.C., curated by
Professor Alejandro de la Fuente,
August 1 – October 20, 2024.
Exhibited in JUAN ROBERTO
DIAGO: Selections from 1998-2019,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
Aug.– Nov. 2026, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
Illustrated in the book Diago:
The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban
Present, Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente,
Harvard University Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 2017, page 86.
Illustrated in the book Diago:
The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban Present,
Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente,
Lowe Art Museum, University
of Miami Press, Coral Gables,
Florida, 2019, page 36.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
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Painting
(Pintura)
Guido Llinás
1959
oil on canvas
45 3/4 x 34 Inches
SOLD
Provenance:
Private Collection, Havana, Cuba.
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Acquired by a Private Collector
in
Miami Beach, Florida.
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Concrete
(Concreto)
Sandú Darié
ca 1950
mixed media on wood
9 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches
AVAILABLE
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, December, 2017.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2022, page 69.
This artwork is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by Pedro de Oraá,
Havana, Cuba, January 11, 2013.
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