Lot 2A
Angel Botello (Spanish/Puerto Rican, 1913-1986). Linocut in colors (oil and ink on paper), n.d. Edition 48 of 50. Signature at lower right. Edition number at lower left. Stamped "F1" at upper left corner. A beautiful hand-colored linocut by Angel Botello depicting a girl playing with a starfish on the seashore - a striking piece from a limited edition of 50 in which each linocut was painted in a different color scheme. Angel Botello whose full name was Angel Botello y Barros was born in Galicia, Spain and worked in Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rican. He is often referred to as "The Caribbean Gauguin" for his use of vibrant hues and bold lines to depict island life and people like the young female in this composition. A striking example of Botello's work mounted in a custom gold tone wooden frame. Size (image): 19.25" L x 17" W (48.9 cm x 43.2 cm) Size (frame): 30.7" L x 28.5" W (78 cm x 72.4 cm)
About the artist: "Painter and sculptor, Angel Botello was born in 1913 in the small town of Cangas de Morrazo in Galicia, Spain. He moved to Bordeaux, France with his family in the 20's and lived there until 1935. While in France, Botello studied during four years at the School of Fine Arts where he graduated with honor. Then, he moved to Spain where he applied and was accepted at the School of Art of the San Fernando Academy.
The civil war started which made him leave his studies and join the army as a cartographer. He eventually returned to France to meet with his family that was in a refugee camp. They decided to leave Europe and move to the Dominican Republic where he was warmly received.
The community of Dominican artists included him as one of their own, and many of the paintings created at this time were presented at the 'Latin American Art Exposition' at the Riverside Museum in 1940. During that year, the Botello family traveled to Cuba where they stayed during eight months. Upon their return to Santo Domingo, his paintings were noted by the Peruvian ambassador there who invited Botello to show them in Port-au-Prince, Haití in 1944. There Botello met Christiane who became his wife.
For ten years they lived in Haiti until the couple moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1953, they opened their first art gallery at the Caribe Hilton Hotel. Botello stated that the light and bright colors of the tropics opened a new world for him and stimulated his creativity. During the 1960's his work became more personal as it was enriched by his new and favorite theme of his three children. The deep love that he felt for his children and his family is reflected in his later work, paintings and sculptures.
Botello spent the last decades of his life in Puerto Rico, always producing. It was this bright spirit of the islands that captured the artist until his death in 1986. He left behind a legacy of oil painting, linocuts, lithographs, silk screens and sculptures." (Source: Archives of AskArt)
This piece was acquired at Kamelot Auctions, Philadelphia, PA on February 25, 2021 (lot #2165) with a hammer price of $2600. A linocut in colors of the same composition hammered at $2500 on October 9, 2022 (Auctions at Showplace, New York, NY lot #74).
Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection; acquired at Kamelot Auctions, Philadelphia, PA (February 25, 2021)
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- Condition: Signature at lower right. Edition number at lower left. Stamped "F1" at upper left corner. Vibrant image and coloration. Normal wear to framing, some scuffs/nicks as shown. Frame does not have glass.
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