Carlos Alfonzo Art

Cuban, 1950-1991

In July of 1980, Carlos Alfonzo left Cuba in exile through the port of Mariel and arrived in Miami. At an early stage of his youth on the island, Alfonzo’s creative talent became apparent, an endowment he began to cultivate through formal artistic studies at the prestigious San Alejandro Academy and the University of Havana from 1969 to 1977. Carlos Alfonzo became disenchanted with the regime as a young man living and working within the Cuban system, cautiously navigating the emotional and artistic repressions of post-revolutionary life. Carlos Alfonzo decided to leave Cuba just eight months before the pivotal Volumen 1 (Volume 1) exhibition that heralded a new international direction in contemporary Cuban Art and where Alfonzo was slated to exhibit among those who would later become known as the “1980s generation.” With hopes of finally living an open life as an individual and artist, he endured a traumatic crossing via the Mariel boatlift to settle in Miami. Within the decade following his exile, the young artist and political refugee were awarded a Visual Artist Fellowship in Painting from the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C., a Cintas fellowship in the Visual Arts, and his work was exhibited in solo and group shows on a national and international scale including the 1991 Whitney Biennial, the exhibition entitled Hispanic Art in the United States which traveled to seven prominent American institutions, and the 41st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at Corcoran Gallery. Today, his work forms part of the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hirshhorn Gallery and Sculpture Garden, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, and numerous institutions of worldwide prominence. Alfonzo’s style developed significantly, and his career as an artist matured during a period in which neo-expressionist figurative Art came to renewed global attention. As he was exposed to great works of modernist and contemporary Art in America, he internalized various styles – cubist, surrealist, expressionistic, and abstract expressionist – and adapted them to his free-flowing expression resulting in a style discernibly his own. A magical body of work emanated, combining intense autobiographical experience with cross-cultural mythologies in an oeuvre laden with penetrative, intimate messaging that recounts the soul and struggle of the artist’s life experience through a stark, resonant system of forms. Alfonzo employs the spiritual iconography of African deities, Catholicism, and the ritualistic emblems of Santería in heads, disembodied facial features, daggers, and arrows to hauntingly convey eternal paradoxes of the human condition and the unconscious, an impression recognized by the leading art critics of the era. Carlos Alfonzo emerged not simply as a Latin American artist but as a celebrated artist of the Americas.

Artist: Carlos Alfonzo

Carlos AlfonzoUntitled 1988 Artist Proof, 1988

$3,500

Untitled 1988 Artist Proof

By Carlos Alfonzo

Located in Miami, FL

Alfonzo's style developed significantly, and his career as an artist matured during a period in which neo-expressionist figurative art came to renewed global attention. As he was exp...

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1980s Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Pierre AlechinskyLino Litho BR, Planche VI, 1970

$950

H 15 in W 21.5 in

Lino Litho BR, Planche VI

By Pierre Alechinsky

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Lino Litho BR, Planche VI Linocut and lithograph, 1970 Signed lower right in pencil (see photo) Edition: 99 (56/99) (see photo) Published by London Arts Group, Detroit Condition: Exc...

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1970s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Maria StelmaszczykRoom with a red arch - XXI Century, Contemporary Linocut Woodcut Print, Colorful, 2007

$198

H 3.55 in W 4.73 in

Room with a red arch - XXI Century, Contemporary Linocut Woodcut Print, Colorful

By Maria Stelmaszczyk

Located in Warsaw, PL

Maria Stelmaszczyk is a Polish artist born in 1983. PROVENANCE Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery. The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist. The Gallery o...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Paper, Woodcut, Linocut

Maria StelmaszczykConstellation - XXI Century, Contemporary Linocut & Woodcut Print, Abstract, 2009

$198

H 5.52 in W 3.55 in

Constellation - XXI Century, Contemporary Linocut & Woodcut Print, Abstract

By Maria Stelmaszczyk

Located in Warsaw, PL

MARIA STELMASZCZYK (born in 1983) Studies at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Painting Laboratory of Woodcut Techniques and Artistic Book at the Academy of Fine Arts Władysław Strzemi...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Paper, Linocut, Woodcut

Aneta Szoltis-MencinaFlight - Handmade Linocut, Monotype, Limited Edition Print Unique 1/7, 2022

$420Sale Price|20% Off

H 17.92 in W 11.82 in

Flight - Handmade Linocut, Monotype, Limited Edition Print Unique 1/7

By Aneta Szoltis-Mencina

Located in Salzburg, AT

The artwork will be sent unframed Linocut print „ Flight” 2022 Linocut and monotype print technique Art print from 4 matrices Limited edition, print unique number 1/7 Paper Fabriano...

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2010s Contemporary Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Paper, Linocut

Ryszard GieryszewskiAsymmetric composition. Woodcut & Linocut, Op art, Abstract Print, Polish art, 2008

$876

H 24.81 in W 16.93 in

Asymmetric composition. Woodcut & Linocut, Op art, Abstract Print, Polish art

By Ryszard Gieryszewski

Located in Warsaw, PL

Contemporary op art abstract linocut and woodcut print by Polish artist Ryszard Gieryszewski. Print is mostly black&white with addition of blue and red. Title of this artwork is 'Asy...

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Early 2000s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Paper, Linocut, Woodcut

Pierre AlechinskyLino Litho BR, Planche IX, 1970

$950

H 15 in W 21.5 in

Lino Litho BR, Planche IX

By Pierre Alechinsky

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Lino Litho BR, Planche IX Linocut and lithograph, 1970 Signed lower right of central image (see photo) Edition: 99 (56/99) (see photo) Published by London Arts Group, Detroit Conditi...

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1970s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

André VerdetDéesse- Goddess, 1972

$800

H 19.625 in W 13.375 in

Déesse- Goddess

By André Verdet

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Déesse- Goddess Linocut in colors, 1972 Unsigned Stamped in ink on verso: "Imprimerie Arnéra" Archives/ Non Signé Watermark: Arches (see photo) An impression printed in black, purpl...

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1970s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Ryszard GieryszewskiEquivalent shapes. Woodcut, Linocut, Op art, Abstract Print, Polish art, 1999

$1,052

H 22.45 in W 16.54 in

Equivalent shapes. Woodcut, Linocut, Op art, Abstract Print, Polish art

By Ryszard Gieryszewski

Located in Warsaw, PL

Contemporary op art abstract linocut and woodcut print by Polish artist Ryszard Gieryszewski. Print is mostly black and white with red. Title of this artwork is 'Equivalent shapes'. ...

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Early 2000s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Paper, Linocut, Woodcut

Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, La petite bacchanale (B. 1020; Ba. 1250), 1963

$22,216

H 17.72 in W 24.69 in

Pablo Picasso, La petite bacchanale (B. 1020; Ba. 1250)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Madrid, ES

PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881 - 1973 La petite bacchanale (B. 1020; Ba. 1250) signed in pencil "Picasso" (lower left) numbered in pencil "1/50" (lower right) linocut in colors on Arche...

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1960s Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Frank StellaThen Came a Fire and Burnt the Stick (AXSOM 275), 1984

$42,000

H 54.25 in W 54.25 in D 1 in

Then Came a Fire and Burnt the Stick (AXSOM 275)

By Frank Stella

Located in New York, NY

color lithograph, linocut, and screenprint with hand-coloring collage on T.H. Saunders and hand-cut Somerset paper Edition 48 of 60 signed, dated, and numbered in pencil (sheet) 52....

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1980s Abstract Geometric Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Lithograph, Linocut, Screen

Berenika Korecka-SowinskaUntitled - Mixed print technique, Contemporary abstract print, 2019

$175

H 19.69 in W 10.44 in

Untitled - Mixed print technique, Contemporary abstract print

By Berenika Korecka-Sowinska

Located in Warsaw, PL

Mixed media print on paper by young Polish artist Berenika Korecka-Sowinska who graduated in 2009 from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw

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2010s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Paper, Aquatint, Linocut, Etching

Christopher MudgettCat Linocut Print, Black and White, Signed, Limited Edition 2023, 2023

$3,540

H 9 in W 9 in D 1 in

Cat Linocut Print, Black and White, Signed, Limited Edition 2023

By Christopher Mudgett

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Cat, 2023 By Christopher Mudgett Rendered in Mudgett’s unmistakably powerful style, this striking black-and-white linocut distills the essence of a cat into a bold, abstracted form....

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2010s Contemporary Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut

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