Mario Carreño Abstract Lithograph, 1989, Signed and Numbered

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Offered for sale is a rare lithograph by Cuban artist Mario Carreño (1913-1999) titled "Mujeres y Corales" which translates to … Read more Offered for sale is a rare lithograph by Cuban artist Mario Carreño (1913-1999) titled "Mujeres y Corales" which translates to "Women and Corals" painted in 1945 and reproduced as a lithograph by the artist in 1989, pencil signed lower right and numbered 92/199 lower left.

35ʺW × 1.25ʺD × 31.5ʺH

Art by sight, 22.5"W by 19"H. Nicely displayed in a giltwood frame under glass with double matting and a gilt fillet.


Mario Carreño y Morales, better known as Mario Carreño (Cuba, May 24, 1913 – Chile, December 20, 1999) was a Cuban-Chilean painter.

Morales was born on May 24, 1913 in Havana, Cuba. He studied painting at the Academia de San Alejandro, Havana from 1925 until 1926. In 1934, he studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain. In 1937 he was a student at the Ecole des Arts appliqués, Paris, France and that same year, at the Académie Julian, Paris, France. Among his teachers and contemporaries were Pablo Picasso and Jaime Colson who provided him formal and stylistic guidance, which he brought with him upon his return to Cuba. Circa 1935, he painted a mural in Havana with David Alfaro Siqueiros, which was later destroyed. He was an original member of the Origenes (nativist-baroque) movement. In 1944 he was one of several painters displayed in the New York Museum of Modern Art's-- Exhibition of Modern Cuban Painters. Works such as "Cortadores de Caña", "Danza Afro-Cubana", and "Fuego en el Batey" characterize the nativist-baroque style of this period, while at the same time, paintings such as "La Siesta" and "El Azulejo", evince classical and cubist inspiration. In the 1950s his style evolved towards geometric abstraction with works such as "Equinocio", and in the 1960s towards a poetic style, which could be described as surreal-metaphysical. This latter period is represented by works such as "Los Olvidados", "Mar y Luna", "Atardecer de Nostalgia" and "La Caida de Los Grandes Mitos". Besides a prolific output he also taught painting at numerous institutions such as the New School for Social Research in New York City, the Escuela de San Alejandro in Havana, Cuba, and the Universidad Catolica of Santiago, Chile.


Dimensions: Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)
Width: 35 in (88.9 cm)
Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm) See less