Belkis Ayón - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Latin Art Core, Miami
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    (i)
    Havana, Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Evidencias de vindicación, 1993 (another example exhibited)
    Havana, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Siempre Vuelvo. Grabados de Belkis Ayón, 1993 (another example exhibited)
    Havana, Galería La Acacia, Vindicación del grabado, 1994 (another example exhibited)
    Milan, Galleria Colorenero, Siempre Vuelvo, 1994 (another example exhibited)
    Cienfuegos, Galería GRAU, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Siempre vuelvo. Exposición personal Belkis Ayón, 1995 (another example exhibited)
    Brasilia, Espacio 508 Sul, Testimonio de la utopía, 7 grabadores Cubanos, 1995 (another example exhibited)
    Breinig, Pfarrkirche St. Barbara, Unterstütze mich, halte mich hoch, im Schmerz. Belkis Ayon [sic], November 3, 1995–March 10, 1996, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Hempstead, Hofstra Museum, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Hofstra University, Two Contemporary Cuban Artists: Belkis Ayón and Nelson Domínguez, 1996 (another example exhibited)
    Ban Steben, Staatliches Kurhaus, Cuba Kunst Heute, 1997 (another example exhibited)
    Havana, Galería Habana, Siempre vuelvo. Colografías de Belkis Ayón. Exposición homenaje. Séptima Bienal de La Habana, November 15–December 18, 2000, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Saint Petersburg, Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum, Kunst aus Kuba, April 15–June 3, 2002, no. 22, pp. 50–51, 161 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 50; titled in German and English)
    Boston, Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Belkis Ayón. Early Work, April 4–19, 2003, pp. 8–9, 15 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 8)
    Philadelphia, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Resurrection. Belkis Ayón (1967–1999) Collographs from Cuba, October 11, 2003–January 4, 2004 (another example exhibited)
    Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Siempre vuelvo. Colografías de Belkis Ayón, 2004 (another example exhibited)
    Matanzas, Galería de Arte de Colón, Siempre vuelvo. Colografías de Belkis Ayón, 2005 (another example exhibited)
    Santa Clara, Galería Provincial de Arte de Villa Clara, Siempre vuelvo. Colografías de Belkis Ayón, 2005 (another example exhibited)
    New London, Lyman Allyn Art Museum; Paul and Lulu Hilliard Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul, September 12, 2009–November 2010, 78–79, 96 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 78)
    Havana, Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Nkame. Belkis Ayón (1967–1999), 2009 (another example exhibited)
    Los Angeles, Fowler Museum at UCLA; New York, El Museo del Barrio; Kansas City, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Houston, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Nkame: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón, October 2, 2016–September 3, 2018, pp. 120, 127, 142 (another example illustrated, p. 127; El Museo del Barrio, New York, 2017 installation view of another example illustrated, pp. 2, 120; Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, 2016 installation view of another example illustrated, p. 142)
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America, March 14–August 2, 2020 (another example exhibited)
    Madrid, Museo Reina Sofia, Belkis Ayón. Colografías, November 17, 2021–April 18, 2022, pp. 104, 175 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 104)
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions, January 16-June 19, 2022 (another example exhibited)

  • Literature

    (i)
    La Gaceta de Cuba, no. 1, January–February 2004, p. 23
    Yolanda Wood, "Belkis Ayón: La resurrección de los cuerpos marcados," Atlántica, Revista de Arte y Pensamiento, no. 37, Winter 2004, p. 100 (another example illustrated)
    Katia Ayón, Alex Fleites, Cristina Vives Gutiérrez, David Mateo, Lázara Menéndez, eds., Nkame. Belkis Ayón, Madrid, 2010, no. 93.11, pp. 202, 248–249, 298 (another example illustrated, pp. 202, 249)
    Isabel María Pérez Pérez, ed., Belkis Ayón / Colección Espiral, Havana, 2016, p. 52 (another example illustrated)

326

Two works: (i) Siempre Vuelvo; (ii) Boceto de la obra Siempre Vuelvo

(i) titled "Siempre vuelvo" lower center; numbered "6/6" lower left; signed and dated “Belkis Ayon Manso/1993” lower right
(i) collograph
(ii) ink and pencil on paper

(i) 37 3/8 x 26 3/4 in. (95 x 68 cm)
(ii) 43 1/4 x 34 1/4 in. (110 x 87 cm)

(i) Executed in 1993, this work is number 6 from an edition of 6 and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Belkis Ayón Estate.
(ii) Executed circa 1993, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Belkis Ayón Estate.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $50,800

Contact Specialist

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Specialist, Head of Sale, Afternoon Session
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023