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

Thomas NozkowskiUntitled I, 2015

$4,000

H 22 in W 30 in

Untitled I

By Thomas Nozkowski

Located in New York, NY

For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a signature style or subject matter in favor of seemingly limitless variations in ...

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2010s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Color, Linocut, Woodcut

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

Ian MacIntyre (b.1958) - 20th Century Linoprint, Tummel Bridge, 20th Century

$650

H 25.6 in W 34.26 in

Ian MacIntyre (b.1958) - 20th Century Linoprint, Tummel Bridge

Located in Corsham, GB

A vibrant abstract piece in blue, black and white depicting Tummel Bridge. Label verso with title and artist inscribed. Presented in a black frame. On paper.

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20th Century Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Martel WiegandUntitled (Architectural Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME), 1990

$333Sale Price|33% Off

H 24.01 in W 35.43 in

Untitled (Architectural Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled (Architectural Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, Linocut) Color Linoleum Cut on light Japanese Washi Paper with Centerfold 1990 24.01 x 35.43 inches (61 x 90 cm...

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1990s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut, Washi Paper

Jean ArpAbstract Modern Linocut Print by Jean Arp, 1938, Constellations XXe Siecle No. 4, 1938

$695

H 19.75 in W 16.75 in

Abstract Modern Linocut Print by Jean Arp, 1938, Constellations XXe Siecle No. 4

By Jean Arp

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Jean Arp Title: Constellations Portfolio: XXe Siecle No. 4 Medium: Linocut Date: 1938 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19 3/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 12 5/8" x 9 5/8" Signature...

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1930s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Pablo PicassoLa Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise), 1962

$75,000

H 20.88 in W 15.38 in

La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

A superb impression of this color linoleum cut. Signed and numbered 29/50 in pencil by Picasso. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Catalogue r...

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1960s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Color, Linocut

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

Larry ZoxNiagara Series IV Yellow Signed Linocut Lithograph, 1980

$1,150

H 42.25 in W 29.75 in D 1 in

Niagara Series IV Yellow Signed Linocut Lithograph

By Larry Zox

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Artist Name: Larry Zox Title:Niagara Series IV Yellow Signed Linocut Lithograph Year : 1979 Medium Type: Print - Linocut Lithograph Size-Width Size-Height : 42.25'' 29.75'' Signed ...

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1980s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Larry ZoxNiagara Series III Grey 1980 Large Linocut Lithograph Signed Limited Edition, 1980

$1,150

H 42.25 in W 29.75 in D 1 in

Niagara Series III Grey 1980 Large Linocut Lithograph Signed Limited Edition

By Larry Zox

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Artist: Larry Zox Title: Niagara Series III Grey Year: 1980 Print - Linocut Lithograph 29.75'' x 42.25'' inches Edition: signed in pencil and numbered 22/88 UNFRAMED GOOD CONDITION...

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1980s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Cyril PowerTUBE STAIRCASE - Unique Trial Proof, 1929

$9,750Sale Price|27% Off

H 17.5 in W 10 in

TUBE STAIRCASE - Unique Trial Proof

By Cyril Power

Located in Santa Monica, CA

CYRIL POWER (1874 - 1951) THE TUBE STAIRCASE, 1929 (Coypel CEP 11) Linocut, a likely unique proof impression of the key block in reverse, suggesting a counterproof. Unsigned. 17 ½” x 10”, sheet 20 x 14 ¾”. On a sheet of brown wove paper similar to newsprint. A few repaired tears in the margins. Provenance: Redfern Gallery, 2014 with label and inventory no. Redfern Gallery has represented the Grosvenor School...

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1920s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Mid century Israeli Expressionist

$550

H 13 in W 16.5 in

Mid century Israeli Expressionist

Located in San Francisco, CA

Bit of a mystery here. Really well done colored Linocut A very expressionistic style of a landscape with trees. I’m pretty sure it’s signed in Hebrew but cannot translate. A very low...

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Donald BaechlerDonald Baechler, The Benefit Mummy. Rare Linoleum Chine Colle print, signed 7/17, 2005

$2,800

H 29.5 in W 24.5 in D 1.25 in

Donald Baechler, The Benefit Mummy. Rare Linoleum Chine Colle print, signed 7/17

By Donald Baechler

Located in New York, NY

Donald Baechler The Benefit Mummy, 2005 Linoleum print, one color, with chine colle, on Rives BFK paper Rare print from an edition of only 17: Hand signed, numbered 7/17 and dated by...

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Early 2000s Pop Art Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

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