Live Auction 2446Latin American Sale
René Portocarrero (Cuban 1912-1985)
Lot 95

René Portocarrero (Cuban 1912-1985)

La rumba

Closed27 May 2011

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USD 62,500

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René Portocarrero (Cuban 1912-1985)
La rumba
signed 'PORTOCARRERO' (lower right)
oil on paper laid on canvas
23 3/8 x 29 3/8 in. (59.4 x 74.6 cm.)
Exeucted in 1945.

Acquired directly from the artist, Havana (circa 1950-54).
Collection of the Late Joseph Cantor, Sotheby's, New York, 28 November 1984, lot 66 (illustrated).
Acquired from the above.
Private collection, Guayaquil.
Gary Nader, Miami, 8 January 1995, lot 26.
Acquired from the above.

Specialist note

We are grateful to the Fundación Arte Cubano, Madrid, Spain for its assistance in cataloguing this work.


This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Fundación de Arte Cubano signed by José Veigas Zamora and Ramón Vázquez Díaz and dated 2 February 2011.