Latin American Art at Auction

It was a great week last week to see Latin American Art in New York City.  I managed to make my way to several of the auction houses and galleries exhibiting a rich body of work from Jose Bedia's Afro-Cuban inspired works to Botero's familiar figures, and Matta's surrealist expressionisms. (I made that term up.)  Here's a brief report on the results.

Sotheby's sale totaled $ 21.8 million and 82% sold.  Auction records were set for Wifredo Lam ($4.6 m), Armando Reveron ($872,500), Jesus Rafael Soto ($1 m), and others.  For work in representations of the African diapora in art, selections to review are Lot 8 - Idolo (Oya/Divinite...) by Wifredo Lam, Lot 24 - Retrato de Nino by Rufino Tamayo, and Lot 221 - Figura en fonda azul by Ricardo Martinez.

At Christie's the Latin American Art sale totaled $27.8 million and 86% sold.  Matta's La révolte des contraires sold for $5 million.  You will want to look attentively at the work of Pedro Figari (Lots 6 and 244), Candido Portinari (Lot 64), and Angel Botello (Lot 87).


Brazilian art was well-represented in both these auctions.  (See below cover of Christie's catalog)   And Cuba's impressive sculptor, Agustin Cardenas, had a handful of works for sale at both Christie's and Sotheby's.

Candido Portinari (Brazilian 1903-1962)
Navio negreiro

At Rago Arts and Auction Center's Fine Art Auction, Lot 98, David Alfaro Siqueiros' Dos Cabos, an acrylic on masonite, was sold for $ 27, 500.  Auction estimate was $ 25, 000 - 35, 000.

See ATFA Appraisals' photography blog for sales in the photographic medium.

Wifredo Lam, Jesús Rafael Soto, Armando Reverón and six others

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auction records set for Wifredo Lam, Jesús Rafael Soto, Armando Reverón and six others.

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auction records set for Wifredo Lam, Jesús Rafael Soto, Armando Reverón and six others.

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