Latin American Art | September 23 - 28, 2023

Latin American Art

SEPTEMBER 23 — 28, 2023

Latin American Art

SEPTEMBER 23 — 28, 2023

bid and view all lots online at www.waddingtons.ca

on view

Sunday, September 24 from 12 pm to 4 pm

Monday, September 25 from 10 am to 5 pm

Tuesday, September 26 from 10 am to 5 pm

preview held at 275 King Street East, 2nd Floor

Toronto, ON M5A 1K2

tel: 416-504-9100

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director, international art

Goulven Le Morvan glm@waddingtons.ca

438-528-8489

consignment specialist, international art

Alicia Bojkov amb@waddingtons.ca

416-847-6176

administrator, international art Mary McMaster

internationalart@waddingtons.ca 416-504-9100 x 6202

front cover

Lot 21

MANUEL MENDIVE

THE BLUEBIRD, 2020

front inside cover Lot 10

RUBÉN BERLAND

CAMINANDO ENTRE

PALMAS, 2003

back inside cover

Lot 15

RENÉ PORTOCARRERO

CATHEDRAL, 1963

back cover Lot 13

TOMÁS SÁNCHEZ

PAISAJE CON

LUZ SUAVE, 1986

CARLOS MÉRIDA (1891-1984), GUATEMALAN

UNTITLED, 1954 mixed media on amate paper; signed and dated lower centre

13.5 ins x 11.5 ins; 34.3 cms x 29.2 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $2,000 — 3,000

CARLOS ROJAS (1933-1997), COLOMBIAN

UNTITLED, CIRCA 1960 oil on canvas; signed lower left 53.7 x 22.6 in — 136.5 x 57.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $6,000 — 8,000

MARIANO RODRÍGUEZ (1912-1990), CUBAN

MUJER CON TAMBOR BATÓ, 1947 ink and ink wash on paper; signed and dated “47” lower left sheet 11.1 ins x 8.7 ins; 28.1 cms x 21.2 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

LITERATURE:

A certificate of authenticity signed by Alejandro Rodríguez will be delivered to the buyer. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné, “Mariano Rodríguez, Catalogue Raisonné Volume III.”

$5,500 — 7,500

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MARIANO RODRÍGUEZ (1912-1990), CUBAN

GALLO (ROOSTER), 1973 oil on canvas; signed and dated “73” lower left 39.5 ins x 51.2 ins; 100.3 cms x 130 cms

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON

LITERATURE:

A certificate of authenticity from the Estate of Mariano Rodríguez, signed by Dolores and Alejandro Rodríguez, will be delivered to the buyer. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné, “Mariano Rodríguez, Catalogue Raisonné Volume III” under the reference 777/23.

$10,000 — 15,000

JOSÉ MARÍA MIJARES (1921-2004), CUBAN

ARMONIA, CIRCA 1960 mixed media on hardboard; signed lower right

53.5 ins x 26.8 ins; 136 cms x 68 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

LITERATURE: A certificate of authenticity signed by Maria Cabera de Miijares will be delivered to the buyer.

$10,000 — 15,000

6 VÍCTOR MANUEL (1897-1969), CUBAN

THE WOMAN IN THE RED DRESS oil on canvas; signed lower right

23.6 ins x 19.7 ins; 60 cms x 50 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$10,000 — 15,000

VÍCTOR MANUEL

THE GRACES

(1897-1969), CUBAN

oil on canvas; signed and inscribed lower right 22.4 ins x 15.4 ins; 55.2 cms x 37.2 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$10,000 — 15,000 8

VÍCTOR MANUEL (1897-1969),

COUPLE

CUBAN

gouache on paper mounted on hardboard; signed upper right 29.5 ins x 20.9 ins; 76 cms x 53.5 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

LITERATURE:

A national registration label from the Ministerio de Cultura of the Cuban Republic inscribed “17-1444/99” affixed verso.

$12,000 — 18,000

RUBÉN BERLAND (B. 1955), CUBAN

PAISAJE EN DORADO, 2004

acrylic on canvas; signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso

55 ins x 32 ins; 121 cms x 153 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$12,000 — 15,000

RUBÉN BERLAND (B. 1955), CUBAN

CAMINANDO ENTRE PALMAS, 2003

acrylic on canvas; signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso

21.7 ins x 12.6 ins; 28 cms x 50.5 cms

PROVENANCE:

Legacy Fine Art, Panama; Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$8,000 — 12,000

RUBÉN BERLAND (B. 1955), CUBAN

VISION NOCTURNA

acrylic on canvas; signed lower right; signed and titled verso

15.4 ins x 11.4 ins; 34.6 cms x 27 cms

PROVENANCE:

Legacy Fine Art, Panama; Private Collection, Toronto, ON $7,000 — 9,000

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RENÉ PORTOCARRERO (1912-1985), CUBAN

DREAMING WOMAN, 1962 oil on canvas; signed and dated “62” lower left 20.9 x 16.5 in — 53 x 42 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $15,000 — 20,000

TOMÁS SÁNCHEZ

Born in 1948 in Aguada de Pasajeros, Cuba, Tomás Sánchez is widely considered to be one of Cuba’s greatest living artists. Best known for his detailed contemporary landscapes, Sánchez was trained in Havana at the San Alejandro School of Plastic Arts and later at the Escuela Nacional de Arte. His talent was recognized early on, and in 1980, the Miró Foundation in Barcelona awarded him the Joan Miró Drawing Prize. Four years later, he won the Amelia Peláez Award for painting at Havana’s first biennial and in 1985 his work was given a retrospective at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana. In 1989, Sánchez left Cuba to relocate to Mexico before moving to Florida. Today he divides his time between Miami and Costa Rica.

Sánchez’s paintings are carefully rendered and can often take months or years to construct. They often have an otherworldly or Surrealistic feel, drawn from the artist’s inner world. Sánchez has been practicing meditation for decades and sees his paintings as extensions of that practice. His landscapes are not sourced from specific geographies but are instead amalgamations of his imagination and the natural world. Sánchez has explained that “When I enter a state of meditation it’s as if I’m in a jungle or a forest; the mind enters into a great exhilarated state, like an exuberant jungle where you can experience fear, desire, anguish—all types of emotions and feelings. When I begin to feel that there’s a point of inner consciousness everything goes toward that inner space, that inner river. Everything goes toward that place of quiet, that realm of tranquility within the forest where there is a lake.”

Contrasting with the utopian landscapes for which he is best known is a series focused on wastelands produced by human overconsumption. The former can be seen as having a joyous, Edenic focus rooted in our natural world while the latter has been compared to a memento mori, an expression of the Dutch vanitas genre filtered through current climate change anxieties. The two currents contrast and bolster each other, alternately serene and urgent. Together they form a particularly contemporary view of the landscape, one which extends the mandate of Caspar David Friedrich, Henri Rousseau or the Hudson River School, which are often cited as influences. The viewer is left wondering whether the artist’s two themes depict heaven and hell, or perhaps simply heaven and earth.

Gabriel García Márquez wrote of Sánchez’s work, “It was not by accident that in a recent interview he let slip from his soul, ‘I always wanted to be a saint.’” There was no need for him to say so. Especially in this period of his prophetic landscapes that we conceive of as models of a joyous world, and in which Tomás Sánchez always paints his man: a tiny, solitary witness who will, forever after, be the guardian of the picture’s legitimacy. In the meantime, he continues correcting real reality, painting without rest with his gentle, alert, well-informed personality, with the invisible strings that keep us, his friends from all over the world, captive. For no one escapes the spell cast by Tomás Sánchez - the more we know his work, the more we love it and the more certain we are that if the world in fact deserves to be made again, it is because, as much as it can, it resembles his painting.”

TOMÁS SÁNCHEZ (B. 1948), CUBAN

PAISAJE CON LUZ SUAVE, 1986

casein on paper; signed and dated “86” lower right; signed, titled and dated verso sheet 18.5 x 25.2 in — 49.4 x 68.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

LITERATURE:

A certificate of authenticity from the Tomás Sánchez Studio, signed by the artist, will be delivered to the buyer.

$25,000 — 35,000

CARLOS ROJAS (1933-1997), COLOMBIAN PORTRAIT

oil on canvas; signed lower left 36.3 x 24.1 in — 92.3 x 61.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON; By descent to the present Private Collection; Acquired in Bogotá, Colombia

$3,000 — 4,000

RENÉ PORTOCARRERO (1912-1985), CUBAN

CATHEDRAL, 1963

gouache on paper; signed and dated “63” lower left sight 22.8 x 14.6 in — 58 x 37 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $10,000 — 15,000 16

RENÉ PORTOCARRERO (1912-1985), CUBAN

WOMAN WITH BIRDS, 1981 gouache on paper mounted to hardboard; signed and dated “81” lower left; inscribed “Barraga” lower right verso

28.7 x 20.5 in — 73.5 x 52 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

LITERATURE:

A national registration label from the Ministerio de Cultura of the Cuban Republic inscribed “A0367/00” afffixed verso.

$15,000 — 20,000

RENÉ PORTOCARRERO (1912-1985), CUBAN

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, 1964

gouache on paper; signed and dated “64” lower left

sight 28.3 x 22.8 in — 71.5 x 59 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$15,000 — 20,000

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JOSÉ MARÍA MIJARES (1921-2004), CUBAN

ABSTRACT CREATURES AND LANDSCAPE, 1998

watercolour and ink on paper; signed and dated “98”

sheet 27.4 x 35.6 in — 69.5 x 90.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Legacy Fine Art, Panama; Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$3,000 — 4,000

JOSÉ MARÍA MIJARES (1921-2004), CUBAN

WOMAN IN ABSTRACT DRESS, 1998 watercolour and ink on paper; signed and dated sheet 25 x 21.6 in — 63.5 x 54.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Legacy Fine Art, Panama; Private Collection, Toronto, ON $3,000 — 4,000

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JOSÉ MARÍA MIJARES (1921-2004), CUBAN

CABEZAS

oil on canvas; signed lower right 47.6 ins x 47.6 ins; 122 cms x 122 cms

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $4,000 — 6,000

MANUEL MENDIVE

Manuel Mendive is a Cuban painter, born in Havana in 1944. Immersed in AfroCuban traditions and the Yoruba religion (Santeria) since his youth, this deeply rooted cultural milieu shaped his artistic journey. His formal artistic education at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana – the oldest art school in the country, founded in 1818 – was followed by studies in the Department of Ethnology and Folklore at the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and in Art History at the Faculty of Arts and Letters at the University of Havana, as mentioned in the Art Mendive Project.

Mendive’s art is a mix of African, Spanish, and Indigenous influences, making him one of the most important contemporary Cuban artists. His rich cultural background is conveyed in his work, bringing a contemporary insight into the history of slavery and African mythologies as they transformed the Caribbean Islands.

Since the 1970s, his art offers a unique combination of European and African styles, promoting Afro-Cuban culture and exploring the socio-cultural impacts of the African diaspora and how African culture arrived in Latin America due to the slave trade.

According to Carol Damian, Director of the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, “Manuel Mendive unites man’s body to the earth that generated him, to the plants and animals, water and sky, to Mother Nature in which he is a creature among creatures, and in which he finds the reason, time and space of his very existence. It is a totalizing concept of art in which the pictorial mixes with that of the body and soul to reach an intense emotional height, where art and spirit reflect harmony and peace of mind.”

MANUEL MENDIVE (B. 1944), CUBAN

THE BLUEBIRD, 2020 acrylic on canvas; signed and dated lower right 33.2 ins x 39 ins; 84.3 cms x 99 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

LITERATURE:

A certificate of authenticity from the Mendive Art Project, signed by the artist and Alexander González Carbó, will be delivered to the buyer. This artwork is registered under the number 2020-P-004. $40,000 — 60,000

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MANUEL MENDIVE (B. 1944), CUBAN UNTITLED, 2004 gouache on paper; signed and dated lower right 22 ins x 29.9 ins; 58.1 cms x 77 cms

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

LITERATURE:

A certificate of authenticity from the Mendive Art Project, signed by the artist and Alexander González Carbó, will be delivered to the buyer. This artwork is registered under the number 2004-P-031. $15,000 — 20,000

SALVADOR CORRATGÉ FERRARA (1928-2014), CUBAN

UNTITLED, FROM THE SERIES

“UN COLOR PARA ESTE MIEDO,” 2000 pastel and mixed media on paper; signed and dated lower right; signed and inscribed verso sheet 19.9 ins x 27.8 ins; 50.6 cms x 70.5 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON $800 — 1,200

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SALVADOR CORRATGÉ FERRARA (1928-2014), CUBAN

UNTITLED, 2000 pastel on paper; signed and dated lower right; inscribed verso sheet 17.3 ins x 25 ins; 44 cms x 63.5 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON $800 — 1,200

SALVADOR CORRATGÉ FERRARA (1928-2014), CUBAN

UNTITLED, FROM THE SERIES

“UN COLOR PARA ESTE MIEDO,” 2000 pastel and mixed media on paper; signed and dated lower right; inscribed verso sheet 20.1 ins x 27.8 ins; 51 cms x 70.5 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON $800 — 1,200

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PEDRO DE ORÁA (1931-2020), CUBAN

UNTITLED TRIPTYCH, 2019 acrylic on canvas; each panel signed and dated “19” verso overall 53.1 ins x 17.7 ins; 135 cms x 45 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

LITERATURE:

Four certificates of authenticity from Arte Video Producíon, signed by the artist, will be delivered to the buyer (one for the triptych and one for each individual canvas).

$12,000 — 18,000

ARTURO MONTOTO (B. 1953), CUBAN ESPERANDO EL CONTINIDO (WAITING FOR THE CONTENT) XII, 1999 oil on linen; signed, dated “09” and inscribed “XII”; titled and dated verso 43.3 x 51.2 in — 110 x 130 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $6,000 — 8,000

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ALONSO CARVAJAL (20TH CENTURY), COLOMBIAN STILL LIFE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, 2003 oil on canvas; signed and dated 27.6 x 39.5 in — 70 x 100.3 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $5,000 — 8,000

JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO (B. 1971), CUBAN

UNTITLED, 2021

mixed media on canvas; signed lower right; signed and dated verso

19.7 ins x 27.6 ins; 50 cms x 70 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

LITERATURE:

A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist will be delivered to the buyer.

$7,000 — 9,000

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JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO (B. 1971), CUBAN

YO, 2002

mixed media on canvas; signed and titled; signed, titled and dated verso

19.7 ins x 27.6 ins; 80 cms x 60 cms

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

LITERATURE:

A certificate of authenticity signed by the artists and dated from 2002 will be delivered to the buyer.

$15,000 — 20,000

TRINIDAD OSORIO (1929-2002), MEXICAN MUJER

oil on canvas; signed upper right 39.4 ins x 27.6 ins; 100 cms x 70.2 cms

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $1,000 — 1,500 32

ALEJANDRO COLUNGA (B. 1948), MEXICAN UNTITLED, 2007

acrylic on canvas mounted to canvas; signed and dated “07” lower edge sight 22 ins x 16.1 ins; 56 cms x 41 cms

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $1,000 — 1,500

JESÚS REYES FERREIRA (1880-1977), MEXICAN

UNTITLED

aniline dye on paper; signed and dated sight 27.5 ins x 17 ins; 67.2 cms x 42.3 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $800 — 1,200

CARLOS ALBERTO DE ARAUJO (B. 1950), BRAZILIAN

UNTITLED oil on panel; signed lower right 42.9 x 39 in — 109 x 99 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $4,000 — 6,000

SILFRIDO IBARRA (B. 1954), PANAMANIAN

THE RANCH

acrylic on canvas; signed lower right 53.1 ins x 66.9 ins; 133 cms x 171 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $6,000 — 8,000

EDUARDO M. ABELA TORRÁS (B. 1963), CUBAN

LA FUGA, 2006

acrylic on canvas; signed, titled and dated verso 23.6 x 15.7 in — 60 x 40 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $4,000 — 6,000

RAÚL ANGUIANO (1915-2006), MEXICAN

WOMAN WITH POTS AT THE MARKET, 1975 pastel on paper; signed and dated “75” lower right 26 ins x 20 ins; 66 cms x 50.8 cms

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$800 — 1,200

Editions

NOVEMBER 18 — 23, 2023

All lots will be offered and sold subject to the Conditions of Sale which appear in this catalogue as well as any Glossary and posted or oral announcements. By bidding at auction, bidders are bound by those Conditions and Glossary, as amended by any announcements or posted notices, which together form the contract of sale between the successful bidder (buyer), Waddington’s™ (auctioneer) and the consignor (seller) of the lot. Description or photographs of lots are not warranties and each lot is sold “as is” in accordance with the Conditions of Sale.

condition of lots

All of the items are to be considered, unless otherwise noted in the catalogue description or condition report, in good condition. The definition of “good” when used in reference to condition, describes an object as having had no major damage or repair but as with the nature of the material, may show minor surface wear, discolouration etc., which indicates the acceptable wear that the piece may acquire with age. If you are particular about minor flaws, you should have our staff answer any questions before bidding. Sizes are approximate. Frames on artwork are not included as part of purchase or condition. It is the sole responsibility of the bidder to inquire as to the condition of a lot before bidding. Condition reports are available upon request by phone, fax, email or in person. You are advised to make any requests well in advance of the sale.

buyer’s premium

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Conditions of Sale

1. Each lot is subject to a premium of 23% on the hammer price up to and including $25,000 CAD. Hammer prices in excess of $25,000 CAD will be charged a buyer’s premium of 20%. Buyer’s premium and applicable Canadian taxes are added to the hammer price.

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12. In the event of failure to pay for or remove articles within the aforementioned time limit, the auctioneer, without limitation of the rights of the consignor and the auctioneer against the buyer, may resell any of the articles affected, and in such case the original buyer shall be responsible to the auctioneer and the consignor for:

(a) any deficiency in price between the r e-sale amount and the amount to have been paid by the original buyer

(b) any reasonable charge by the auctioneer for the storage of such articles until payment and removal by the subsequent buyer and

(c) the amount of commission which the auctioneer would have earned had payment been made in full by the original buyer.

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15. The auctioneer reserves the right to refuse admission to the sale or to refuse to recognize any or all bids from any particular person or persons at any auction.