Yoan Capote

Isla (After Böcklin)

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October 3, 04:04 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished New York Collection

Yoan Capote

b. 1977

Isla (After Böcklin)

signed with the artist's monogram, titled and dated 2016 (on a metal label affixed to the reverse)

oil, nails and fish hooks on linen mounted on panel

42 1/8 by 74 7/16 by 5 1/8 in.

107 by 189.1 by 13 cm.

Executed in 2016.

Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in 2017 by the present owner

Simons Chase, "Cuban Artist Yoan Capote Channels Hemingway's Allegory, The Old Man and the Sea," Cuba Journal, 2017, illustrated in color

Susan Delson, "Fish Hook as Metaphor: Yoan Capote’s Palangre," Cuban Art News, 2017, illustrated in color

David Alm, "One Cuban Artist Depicts The Sea As A Deadly 'Iron Curtain,'" Forbes, 2017, illustrated in color

Laila Pedro, "YOAN CAPOTE with Laila Pedro," The Brooklyn Rail, March 2017, illustrated in color