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Birds and Hands - Collage

SKU: ROM-0825

Rodolfo Morales

Mexico

Rodolfo Morales (Oaxaca, Mexico, 1925-2001),
Collage - mixed media on paper (20" x14") in original hand-made brass frame (approx. 23" x 17"), c. 1985.
Note: Frame has some damage sustained in transit (see photos).
Provenance: Private collection, purchsed at Galeria Estela Shapiro, Mexico City

$5500

Red Birds and Dogs

SKU: JJS-9504

Jorelus Joseph

Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Oil on Canvas
(48 x 36), 1995. Framed.
From private collection.

20% off

~~$3200~~ $2560

Spirit with Blue Birds

SKU: PPL-1303

Prospere Pierre-Louis

Haiti

Acrylic on board (24" x 24"), 1991
Framed

Ex. collection of Fritz Racine

$2500

Bird in the Flowers

SKU: PJV-2401

Pierre-Joseph Valcin

Haiti

Oil on Board
(24 x 24), c.1970
Provenance: private collection

$1800

Azteca Dance of the Conquest Mask

SKU: MXM-170-12

Mexican Folk Artists

Mexico

Azteca Dance of the Conquest Mask ( Mask with eagle nose/projection, and long horsehair beard) Puebla or Veracruz, Mexico. 20th century. Oil paint on carved wood with horse hair (10.5” h. x 7” w. x 10.75” d., 26” h. w/ beard) Provenance: from the Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks, Canada. Purchased from the collection of Jaled Muyaes, Mexico City, c.1990.
In the Fall of 2023 this mask was included in an exhibition at the Mexican embassy in Otttawa, Canada.

Provenance:

The Katharyn and Gordon Rayner Collection of Mexican Masks

$1800

El Arroyo

SKU: RTL0207

Roberto Torres Lameda

Cuba

(Mella),
Oil on Canvas (23" x 15 1/2", 58cm x 40cm), 2002
Framed by the artist.

$1500 (framed)

Bird in the Bush

SKU: SPT-1501

St. Pierre Toussaint

Haiti

Oil on canvas (24" x 36") with original hand-carved frame, c.1978
Condition note: some cracking of paint surface.

10% off

~~$1,500~~ $1,350

Woman in Red in the City

SKU: MMS-2001

Mario Mesa

Cuba

(Miami, Florida, born in Cuba)
Oil on masonite board (42.5" x 29", 107cm x 74cm), 2002.
Ex collection of Norman Girardot and Diane LaBelle.

$1250

Bobo Bird Mask

SKU: AFM-62

Bobo People

Burkina Faso

Bobo people, Burkina Faso
wood w/ mineral pigments
( 28 1/2" h. x 10 1/2" w. x 9 1/2" d.)

$1250

Escena Fantastica

SKU: JGM-2502

José Garcia Montebravo

Cuba

José Garcia Montebravo (Cienfuegos, Cuba),
Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on paper
(13.75” x 19.75 ” in 25.5” x 30 7/8” frame), 2004. Framed (existing frame has some scratches as shown).

Provenance: From private collection.
Acquired from Cuba! Gallery of Fine Art, Melbourne, FL in 2007
Purchased from artist in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 2005 by Daryl Heinz.

$1200

The Rooster and the Chameleon

SKU: TT-1508

Omary Amonde

Tanzania

February, 2014
Oil enamel on canvas (271/2" h x 19 3/4"w) (70 x 50cm).

$975

Fon Gelede Mask Surmounted by Bird with Movable Wings

SKU: AFM-2001

Fon people

Benin

Fon, Benin, late 20th century
Wood with red, green, yellow, black, white oil paint, with fabric hinge for wings, nylon strings (19"h. x 8 1/2"w. x 10" d.). Wings and head of bird are operable by pulling strings.
Ex. collection of Nancy Josephson. Purchased by collector in Benin, c.2000.

Provenance:

Nancy Josephson Collection

$850