Loló Soldevilla - New Now New York Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Havana
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Loló Soldevilla

    Cuban • 1901 - 1971

    Born in Cuba in 1901, Lolo Soldevilla is considered a seminal figure in Concrete Cuban art. Soldevilla began painting in 1948, and in 1949 traveled to Paris where she encountered contemporary European avant-garde artistic practices — namely, abstraction. Upon her return to Cuba in 1956, Soldevilla and Pedro de Oraa founded Galeria Color-Luz, a gallery solely dedicated to the promotion of abstract art. A few years she later began exhibiting with the group Diez Pintores Concretos, which included artists such as Sandú Darié, Jose Mijares and Rafael Soriano. 

    Soldevilla's artistic practice encompasses painting, drawing and collage works. Similar to other Cuban Concretists, Soldevilla rejected the nationalist figurative work of the Vanguardistas and sought to employ a more international abstract vernacular.

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signed “LOLÓ 55” on the underside
oil on wood and metal
19 3/4 x 10 x 6 1/8 in. (50.3 x 25.5 x 15.5 cm)
Executed in 1955.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for $23,750

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New York Auction 30 September 2020