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

Barbara KeidelUntitled (XX) (Abstract, Red, Grey) (25% OFF LIST PRICE), 1996

$58Sale Price|24% Off

H 9 in W 8.25 in

Untitled (XX) (Abstract, Red, Grey) (25% OFF LIST PRICE)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Barbara Keidel Untitled (XX) (Abstract, Red, Grey) Linocut 1996 Edition: 3 Numbered and dated by hand in pencil Size: 9 x 8.25 inches (22.86 x 20.95 cm) COA provided Tags: Abstr...

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1990s Abstract 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

Martel WiegandUntitled (Abstract, Modern, Asian Influence, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME), 1996

$333Sale Price|33% Off

H 19.48 in W 25.36 in

Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Asian Influence, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, Linocut) Linoleum Cut on light paper 1996 19.48 x 25.36 inches (49.5 x 69.5 cm) Edition: Unique COA provided *Condition: Sto...

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1990s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Martel WiegandUntitled (Abstract, Modern, Asian Influence, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME), 1996

$333Sale Price|33% Off

H 19.29 in W 25.59 in

Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Asian Influence, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, Linocut) Linoleum Cut on light paper 1996 19.29 x 25.59 inches (49 x 69 cm) Edition: Unique Monogrammed and dated by hand COA...

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1990s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Martel WiegandUntitled (Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME), 1996

$333Sale Price|33% Off

H 19.48 in W 25.78 in

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

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, Linocut) Linoleum Cut on light paper with centerfold 1996 19.48 x 25.78 inches (49.5 x 65.5 cm) Edition: Unique Signed and da...

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1990s Abstract Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

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

$433Sale 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

Cyril PowerMonseignor St. Thomas, 1931

$27,500

Monseignor St. Thomas

By Cyril Power

Located in New York, NY

Cyril Power (1872-1951) color linoleum cut, Monseignor St. Thomas, circa 1931, signed and titled in pencil at the lower right, apart from the edition of 60. Reference: Redfern 24. In very good condition, on buff oriental laid tissue, conservation matted, with margins, 13 7/8 x 11 1/8, the sheet 15 x 12 5/8 inches. A fine impression, with the colors fresh and vivid. Printed in four colors (yellow, red, blue and dark blue). The prints of the Grosvenor School artists were created by applying colors with successive blocks. The margins show the colors of each of these blocks (see illustration of the margin). The subject matter of this print relates to TS Eliot...

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1930s Futurist Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Martel WiegandUntitled (Abstract, Modern, Asian Influence, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME), 1996

$333Sale Price|33% Off

H 30.51 in W 26.77 in

Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Asian Influence, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled Linoleum Cut on light paper 1996 30.51 x 26.77 inches (77.5 x 68 cm) Edition: Unique Signed and dated by hand COA provided *Condition: Storage marks, creasin...

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1990s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Martel WiegandUntitled (Abstract, Modern, Black & White, Relief Printmaking), 1996

$277Sale Price|44% Off

H 19.68 in W 27.55 in

Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Black & White, Relief Printmaking)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled Linoleum Cut on light Paper 1996 19.68 x 27.55 inches (50 x 70 cm) Edition: Unique Signed and dated by hand COA provided Martel Wiegand (born August 4, 1922,...

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1990s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Burkhart BeyerleBerweg (Abstract, Modern, Landscape, Black & White, Relief Printmaking), 1990s

$344Sale Price|31% Off

H 17.32 in W 24.01 in

Berweg (Abstract, Modern, Landscape, Black & White, Relief Printmaking)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Burkhart Beyerle Berweg Linoleum Cut on light Paper 1990s 17.32 x 24.01 inches (44 x 61 cm) Edition: 14 Signed, numbered and titled by hand COA provided Burkhart Beyerle is a German...

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1990s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Martel WiegandUntitled (Abstract, Modern, Black & White, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME), 1996

$333Sale Price|33% Off

H 19.48 in W 26.96 in

Untitled (Abstract, Modern, Black & White, Linocut, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled Linoleum Cut on light paper with centerfold as issued 1996 19.48 x 26.96 inches (49.5 x 68.5 cm) Edition: Unique Monogrammed and dated by hand COA provided *...

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1990s Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

Jane Martin VonBosseLove Apple (Brown background)., 1967

$250

H 25 in W 18.13 in

Love Apple (Brown background).

By Jane Martin VonBosse

Located in Plano, TX

Love Apple (Brown background). 1967. Linoleum cut printed in black, red, orange, brown and tan. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 21 3/4 x 15). Edition 18. A vivid impression printed on wove pa...

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1960s American Modern Carlos Alfonzo Art

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Linocut

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