ALL PAINTINGS
Armando Morales (1927–2011)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35 × 28 cm
Composition by Nicaraguan painter Armando Morales depicting three nude figures gathered at the edge of a cascading waterfall, immersed in a timeless ritual of bathing. Executed in his characteristic painterly style, Morales layers earthy and muted green-blue tones, capturing both the sensuality of the human form and the raw vitality of nature.
Morales, renowned for his fusion of figuration and abstraction, frequently revisited themes of memory, myth, and sensuality. In this work, the tactile impasto brushwork conveys both movement and intimacy, as the figures appear simultaneously rooted in their environment and dreamlike in presence. The interplay between shadow and light accentuates the mystery of the scene, suggesting a timeless moment of communion between humanity and nature.
Artist: Armando Morales (Nicaraguan, 1927–2011)
Date: 1993
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Signed and dated lower right, Morales / 93
Dimensions: 29 × 37 cm
Oil on canvas from 1993, Armando Morales presents three nude female figures set within a monumental architectural setting that opens onto a distant seascape. Painted in a restrained, cool-toned palette dominated by muted blues, greens, and greys, the figures emerge with sculptural solidity, their contours modeled with both softness and precision. One central figure holds a striking red staff, a vivid vertical accent that disrupts the otherwise harmonious tonal composition..
Artistic Context:
Armando Morales is celebrated as one of Latin America’s foremost modern painters, renowned for merging realist figuration with surrealist and symbolic elements. His paintings often combine nudes, still lifes, and landscapes in enigmatic, timeless environments. This work exemplifies Morales’s mature style of the late 1970s, in which the human form is reimagined within architecturally inspired, almost stage-like settings that invite multiple readings—mythological, allegorical, or psychological.
Artist: Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007)
Medium: Painted wood panel with triangular cutout
Dimensions: 37 × 37 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Description:
Artwork by Sol LeWitt featuring a sharply incised triangular form cut through a black-painted panel, revealing layered strata of red and underlying hues. The geometric intervention disrupts the otherwise solid surface, emphasizing LeWitt's conceptual interest in structure, process, and visual logic.
LeWitt was a leading figure of Minimalism and Conceptual Art. This work reflects his exploration of simple forms and systems, where the act of cutting or modifying the surface becomes part of the aesthetic language. The triangle — precise yet raw — invites viewers to consider the materiality of the object and the ideas behind its construction.
UNKNOWN ARTIST. “Opium Den” 19th Century Oil Painting
Year: 19th Century
Title:Opium Den
Artist: Unknown
Date: Late 19th to early 20th century
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 115 X 145 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Description:
Painting presenting a hauntingly atmospheric glimpse into an opium den, most likely located in East Asia during the height of the opium trade and its social consequences. The composition captures a richly detailed interior—a semi-private chamber adorned with carved wooden panels and dimly lit by a hanging lantern. The subdued color palette, dominated by deep browns, ochres, and dark greens, intensifies the somber mood.
The artist’s attention to costume, architecture, and gesture suggests not only a documentary interest but also a critical lens, hinting at themes of escapism, colonial trade, and social decay. The use of directed light—illuminating the figures on the bed while casting the rest of the room into shadow—enhances the psychological depth of the composition.
While the artist remains unidentified, the painting offers rare insight into the cultural and historical context of opium use in the East during a tumultuous period shaped by imperialism, addiction, and moral ambiguity.
SOL LEWITT Original gouache painting. Dated and Signed top right.
Title:Untitled (Brushstrokes)
Artist: Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007)
Date: 1992
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 32 × 24 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Description:
Watercolor by Sol LeWitt featuring four broad, gestural strokes in red, black, blue, and ochre. Departing from his well-known systematic and geometric compositions, this work reveals a more spontaneous and tactile side of the artist’s practice.
Though best known for his conceptual and minimal works, LeWitt also produced a significant body of watercolors later in his career. These pieces explore color, form, and movement in a freer, more organic manner, showcasing the artist’s ongoing curiosity about the possibilities of visual language.
PHILIPPE BOSIO. Oil painting.
Title:L’Opiomane au Soleil
Artist: Philippe Bosio (French, b. 20th c.)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 52×63 cm
Description:
French artist Philippe Bosio presents a surrealist tableau of a man in the throes of an opium-induced reverie. The composition centers on a semi-reclined figure, whose fragmented form is composed of radiating cylinders and mechanical motifs, suggesting both euphoria and disintegration. This psychedelic abstraction imbues the subject with a hallucinatory aura, reflecting the inner landscape of altered consciousness.
Bosio’s bold palette—rich in primary reds, blues, and yellows—intensifies the psychological charge of the work, while the crisp outlines and flattened perspective lend it a modernist clarity. This painting evokes themes of escapism, solitude, and the seductive peril of narcotic indulgence.
This work exemplifies Philippe Bosio’s distinctive fusion of figurative surrealism with social commentary. Through abstraction and symbolic distortion, L’Opiomane au Soleil probes the complex relationship between intoxication and identity, inviting the viewer into a meditative space where perception is both heightened and obscured.
BOZE Oil painting.
Title:Opium Smoker
Artist: BOZE (French, 20th century)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 39 × 50 cm
Description:
Original painting by BOZE depicting a reclining man smoking opium. The figure is stylized with mechanical and abstract forms, combining human anatomy with components reminiscent of gears, levers, and tubes. Rendered in warm reds, oranges, and blues against a soft yellow background, the scene evokes both dreamlike detachment and physical ritual.
Boze’s work reinterprets traditional opium-smoking imagery through a surreal and modern lens. The composition reflects the introspective and isolating nature of the opium experience, while the mechanical details suggest the ritual’s repetition and systemic place in society.
HUGO CASTRO Original Acrylic Painting. Signed bottom left
Artist: Hugo Castro (Mexican, 20th–21st century)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 70 cm
Description:
Underwater scene, Hugo Castro is depicting a fantastical journey through the deep sea. Two human figures, dressed in modern and playful attire, ride large mechanical fish with expressive, cartoon-like faces. A child follows behind, seemingly tethered to the group and riding a small bicycle
Blending fantasy, satire, and a touch of science fiction, Castro’s work reflects on themes of escapism, environmental imagination, and childlike wonder. The fluid motion of the composition and the vibrant palette create a sense of weightlessness and absurd adventure. The juxtaposition of human and mechanical-animal forms challenges traditional boundaries between nature, machine, and human experience.
RAIMUNDO MADRAZO. Original Oil painting. Signed top left
Artist: Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841–1920)
Date: Late 19th century
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32 × 21 cm
Museum Description:
Painting by Raimundo Madrazo showing a scene with two women and one man dressed in 18th-century clothing. One woman is wearing a dark gown and a mask, while the man, dressed in a green coat.
Madrazo was known for painting elegant and romantic scenes. This artwork captures a moment with great attention to costume and detail.
Raimundo Madrazo was known for his depictions of refined interiors and courtly figures. His work often draws on themes of flirtation, gallantry, and historical nostalgia, making this painting a quintessential example of his richly romantic style.
MARIANO FORTUNY. Oil painting. Signed bottom left
Artist: Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838–1874)
Date: c. 1860s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 17 × 31 cm
Museum Description:
Mariano Fortuny captures a quiet riverside scene with several figures in traditional clothing. The background features a broad landscape and distant hills under a soft blue sky, while the foreground shows figures walking or gathering near the water and ruins.
Fortuny was known for his detailed brushwork and vivid use of light. This painting combines everyday life with architectural remnants.
ANTONI TAPIES - Original Painting Untitled
Title:Untitled
Artist: Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012)
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Dimensions: 40 × 30 cm
Description:
Composition by Antoni Tàpies combining gestural brushstrokes, abstract symbolism, and raw texture to evoke a sense of emotional tension and philosophical depth. Dominated by black and red pigments, the piece features layered forms suggestive of barricades or scratched surfaces, with cross-like marks floating in space.
A leading figure in postwar European abstraction, Antoni Tàpies fused material experimentation with deep metaphysical concerns. His work often challenges the boundary between painting and object, using humble media to express inner and social conflict. This piece exemplifies his mature style, balancing chaos with control, and abstraction with symbolic charge.
ANTONI TAPIES - Original Painting Untitled
Title:Untitled
Artist: Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012)
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Dimensions: 40 × 30 cm
Description:
Artwork by Antoni Tàpies, layers of earthy reds, greens, blacks, and ochres collide and blend across the paper in a dense field of marks and textures. Bold gestural strokes and scratched-in symbols—most notably recurring X and cross motifs—create a chaotic, raw surface that invites introspection.
Antoni Tàpies, a pivotal figure in the postwar European avant-garde, developed a unique approach that fused abstract expressionism with a material-focused sensibility. His works often confront the viewer with physicality and spiritual tension.
Painting on paper by Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale
Title:Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept)
Artist: Lucio Fontana (1899–1968)
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Dimensions: 23 × 16 cm
Description:
Artwork by Lucio Fontana featuring a dense interplay of white, black, and red pigments applied with energetic gestures over a layered surface. At the center, a cluster of vibrant red forms pulses within an intricate web of strokes and lines, evoking spatial tension and organic energy. The handwritten inscription "Concetto Spaziale" above the composition anchors the work in Fontana’s broader artistic pursuit of transcending traditional two-dimensional art.
As the founder of Spatialism, Lucio Fontana sought to integrate space, movement, and materiality into a new visual language. This painting is a vivid testament to that vision, merging abstract form and visceral texture to create a sense of depth and rupture.
VARTAN MAHOKIAN. Marine painting. Signed bottom right
Title:Rocky Coast with Breaking Waves
Artist: Vartan Mahokian (1869–1937)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 82 × 118 cm
Description:
Original seascape painting by Vartan Mahokian capturing the raw energy of the ocean as waves crash against jagged coastal rocks. The artist’s command of brushwork and tonal variation brings a sense of movement and tension to the composition, while the swirling foam and turbulent skies suggest both natural beauty and elemental power.
Renowned for his maritime scenes, Mahokian was one of the rare Armenian painters of his time devoted almost entirely to seascapes. His works reflect both technical precision and an emotional reverence for the sea. This piece exemplifies his gift for portraying the grandeur and volatility of coastal landscapes.
J RAMIREZ. “Ayahuasca Reverie “ Acrylic on canevas. Signed bottom right
Year: 2015
Artist: J Ramírez
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 80 × 55 cm
Description:
Original painting by Peruvian artist J Ramírez evoking the spiritual depth of the Amazon rainforest. In the warm glow of an otherworldly sun, the central figure—a shamanic presence—emerges from the misty foliage, surrounded by a symphony of natural and mythical elements. Eyes of jaguars and owls peer from the trees, vibrant birds soar with luminous trails, and intricate visionary patterns echo the influence of ayahuasca-inspired visions.
KEITH HARING - Black ink painting. Dated and Signed bottom left
Year: 1988
Title:Untitled
Artist: Keith Haring (1958–1990)
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 70 × 100 cm
Description:
Original work by Keith Haring showcasing his unmistakable visual language: bold lines, energetic figures, and symbols radiating with urgency. At the center, a peace sign divides a circle containing Haring’s iconic motifs—radiant baby, barking dog, and vibrating television—surrounded by dynamic human forms in motion.
Created in the final years of his life, this 1988 piece reflects Haring’s commitment to activism through art. A central figure in the 1980s street art movement, Haring used his accessible graphic style to address social justice, AIDS awareness, and human rights, imbuing his work with both playfulness and profound political resonance.
KEITH HARING - DOG Black ink on craft paper. Signed bottom right
Year: 1988
Title:Untitled (Patterned Dogman)
Artist: Keith Haring (1958–1990)
Medium: Ink and paint on paper
Dimensions: 40 × 30 cm
Description:
Original artwork by Keith Haring featuring one of his signature anthropomorphic figures—part human, part dog—rendered in bold black and white with intricate tribal-like patterns. Unlike his usual flat, fluid outlines, this composition is filled with ornamental swirls, grids, and geometric detailing, giving it a totemic, almost ceremonial presence.
Produced in 1988, this work illustrates Haring’s ongoing experimentation with cultural symbolism and his deep interest in global visual languages. Known for merging graffiti, pop, and primitivist aesthetics, Haring’s art bridges the urban and the mythic—inviting viewers into a world where bold simplicity carries complex, universal themes.
Acrylic on board by Cesar LEAL JIMENEZ. Dated and signed bottom right “C LEAL 91”
“FUNDATIONS OF CUBA”
Year: 1991
Artist: César Leal Jiménez
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 80 × 60 cm
Description:
Painting by César Leal Jiménez blenings elements of Cubism and surrealism to depict a woman emerging from an architectural pedestal. Her fragmented, geometric form emphasizes both strength and sensuality, with her body serving as both structure and symbol. A cup of steaming coffee and a cigar rest upon her chest, their smoke entwining with her flowing white hair, linking pleasure, ritual, and identity.
César Leal Jiménez’s work often explores the complexity of feminine identity through bold symbolism and architectural references. Here, the female figure becomes both temple and totem—embodying power, allure, and cultural resonance in a single enigmatic composition.
ANTONIO HENRIQUE AMARAL. Acrylic on canevas. Signed bottom right
Title:Untitled
Artist: Antonio Enrique Amaral (1935–2006)
Medium: Pastel and mixed media on paper
Dimensions: 102 × 102 cm
Description:
Composition by Antonio Enrique Amaral fusing human anatomy with elements of nature, depicting a breast-shaped volcano rising from stylized turquoise waves. The volcano erupts with radiant energy into a deep blue sky, where a crescent moon and cloud float nearby, reinforcing the dreamlike quality of the work. Amaral's use of bold color, curved lines, and sensual forms evokes a playful yet symbolic narrative of creation, nature, and transformation.
A prominent figure in Latin American modernism, Amaral often explored themes of power, identity, and the body through surreal allegories. This work reflects his signature fusion of political symbolism and poetic imagery, offering a visual meditation on the intersection of the natural world and the human form.
Painting by Lucio Fontana, from Original Concetto Spaziale
Title:Concetto Spaziale
Artist: Lucio Fontana (Italian, 1899–1968)
Medium: Oil, gold leaf, and perforations on canvas
Dimensions: 79 × 68 cm
Description:
Concetto Spaziale (Spatial Concept), Lucio Fontana transcends the two-dimensional limits of traditional painting. At the heart of the canvas lies a swirling planetary form rendered in lustrous gold, set against a rich, celestial field of blue. True to Fontana’s radical vision, the surface is punctuated by a constellation of deliberate perforations, creating literal and conceptual depth.
Lucio Fontana's Concetto Spaziale works marked a groundbreaking shift in postwar art, merging painting, sculpture, and conceptualism. This piece, with its dynamic textures, tactile incisions, and cosmic overtones, exemplifies Fontana’s revolutionary aim to open the artwork to new dimensions—literally piercing the veil of representation to embrace the void beyond.
Year: 1943
Title:Montevideo
Artist: Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949)
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: 52 × 65 cm
Description:
Composition by Joaquín Torres-García rendering the city of Montevideo through a symbolic and constructivist lens. Geometric forms—houses, trains, arrows, clocks, and abstracted figures—are arranged in a structured grid, evoking both urban dynamism and spiritual balance. The palette of primary colors (red, blue, yellow) paired with black and white reflects his characteristic visual language.
A leading figure in Latin American modernism, Torres-García sought to merge European avant-garde principles with indigenous and universal symbolism. His philosophy of Constructive Universalism aimed to connect ancient traditions with modern abstraction. Painted upon his return to Uruguay, this piece is a visual testament to his cultural synthesis—placing Montevideo at the crossroads of memory, identity, and modern thought.
Title:Art Bores Me
Artist: Ben Vautier (born 1935)
Date: 2008
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 61 × 50 cm
Signature: Signed and dated “Ben 2008” (lower right)
Description:
With his unmistakable handwriting and minimalist style, Ben Vautier delivers a paradoxical statement: “Art bores me.” Painted in white on a stark black background, this work exemplifies his conceptual approach to art, where language is both the subject and the medium.
Art Bores Me functions as both artwork and anti-artwork, in line with the Dadaist spirit Ben often channels. By using the written word as a visual object, he blurs the line between art and statement, and between artist and viewer. In this way, the work becomes a mirror — asking not whether art is boring, but why we look at it in the first place.
Title:Les golden boys de Wall Street fument du crack
Artist: Ben Vautier (born 1935)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 61 cm
Signature: Signed and dated “Ben 97” (lower right)
Description:
Ben Vautier delivers a biting commentary on capitalism and financial culture. The text, rendered in his signature cursive style in vibrant blue acrylic, reads: “les golden boys de Wall Street fument du crack” ("the golden boys of Wall Street smoke crack").
Ben’s use of text as image forces a direct encounter between viewer and idea. This piece exemplifies his flair for mixing irony and protest, confronting the viewer with the absurdities and excesses of contemporary society. Like much of his oeuvre, it raises questions rather than answers — about money, morality, and the messages we choose to display.
Artist: BOZE
Date: Unknown
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Not Visible
Dimensions: 29 × 37 cm
This portrait depicts a dog rendered with human posture and expression, dressed in a green beret marked by a red star and a red jacket. The work playfully merges animal imagery with revolutionary iconography, creating a figure that is at once humorous, and quietly unsettling. Rich, warm tones define the face, while energetic splatters of paint animate the background, adding movement and contemporary edge.
Artistic Context:
BOZE is known for creating expressive, figurative paintings that blend humor, symbolism, and social commentary. Working primarily in oil on canvas, the artist often uses animals as stand-ins for human characters, allowing complex political or emotional ideas to be explored with irony and warmth. BOZE’s style combines strong draftsmanship with painterly textures and contemporary pop references, resulting in works that are immediately approachable yet layered in meaning.