Description:
Leopoldo Romañach (Cuban, 1862-1951)
Atardecer (Late Afternoon at a Beach)
Signed "L. Romanach" l.l., titled in ink on the reverse, with a stamp from Registro Nacional Bienes Culturales Republica de Cuba numbered "A-623/98" affixed to the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 15 7/8 x 21 in. (40.5 x 53.5 cm),framed
Condition: Canvas trimmed and mounted to heavy pressed paperboard which is period to the work, retouch along left side of the recto, scattered abrasions and water staining along right side of the reverse of the mount, slight bowing to the mount.
Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Latin American Art, June 4, 1999, Lot 104; to the current private Massachusetts collection.
N.B. The current owner of this painting provided the date of 1915.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
Identified as Playa Jaimanita on a barcode label from Sotheby's New York affixed to the frame backing paper.
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