Attributed to Armando Morales, it does not have a COA. Medium: oil canvas. Provenance: private owner. 24.5 x 20.5 inches.

Biography: Armando Morales, born January 15, 1927 in Granada, Nicaragua is an well known Nicaraguan painter. He has received many awards for his works. He received his first award at the Central American Painting Contest 15 de Septiembre (September 15), which was held in Guatemala in 1956.He received the award for a painting which he named Spook-Tree. That same painting was later bought by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The next year some of his paintings were featured at an exhibition called "Six Nicaraguan Artists" in Washington, he received excellent reviews and sold all his featured paintings.Morales' work was exhibited at seven major shows from 1984 to 2000 at the Galerie Claude Bernard, a prominent gallery in Paris. The Gallery has published several catalogs of his work, and its website summarizes Morales' artistic career.

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American, 19th century: This work was executed by an unknown hand, and can only be identified by origin (i.e., region, period).

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