Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) ''Jamaica'' (Czestochowski/AAA 1958.016)- etching, 1958, signed and titled in pencil. In frame measures 16 3/4"x20 3/4"x 1/2". Weight 3 pds 5 oz. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate. Emilio Sanchez was born in Camagüey, Cuba in 1921. He began his artistic training at the Art Students League in 1944 when he moved to New York City where he lived until he died in 1999. However, it was in Cuba that he became fascinated with the play of light and shadow on colored forms that became a dominant characteristic of his works. His early works of the 1950s are stylized and figurative depicting themes such as portraits of friends and models, views of New York and tropical landscapes. He is represented in the permanent collections of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY;New York Public Library, NY; Chase Manhattan Bank, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; also at the Hirshhorn Museum, Corcoran Gallery, Rosenwald Collection at the National Gallery of Art, National Museum of Art, Havana, Cuba, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, La Tertulia Museum in Cali, National Gallery of Art, Canberra, Australia, etc.

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