SUBASTACUBA

Cuban Original Art Works

    Advised by Internationally Recognized Cuban Artist and Curators

                We welcome you to our online gallery SubastaCuba.

I hope that your visit will be a pleasant one. It is with great pleasure that we present you this selection of the best Cuban art, production of the more important and internationally recognized contemporary Cuban artist. At SubastaCuba you can find a complete vision of the most genuine expression of Cuban contemporary art, most of this art works we offer you, are absolutely unique, a really Jewell for all art collectors.

 The diversity of the works showed here attests to the creative and technical achievement of the Cuban artist's.  The works range from hand-pulled prints that utilize a range of Printmaking technique to drawings, to oils, and a variety of mixed media, Paintings, Serigraphy, Lithography, Colography, Xylography, Aguatinta, Aguafuerte and Engraving.

 After a trip to Cuba during the 1940s, Alfred Barr, legendary director of New York's Museum of Modern Art, bought Wifredo Lam's The Jungle creating a controversy; he put the Cuban artwork in the lobby of the museum. The Jungle is now not only the most well-known work of art from Cuba, but from all of Latin America too.

Regardless of exactly what, when and how events transpire in Cuba, change is already having an impact on Cuban art. At its November 2006 Latin American auction four artists who Christie's mentions by name that set new records were Cubans: Tomas Sánchez, Mariano Rodríguez, Augustin Cárdenas and Pedro Pablo Oliva. In the introduction to a 2007 exhibition catalogue, Ramón Cernuda, arguably the pre-eminent Cuban art dealer in the U.S., states: "We could speak of figures, volumes of sales, and prices reached to explain our rejoicing.“ And will the market continue to expand? Business Week says yes. In the January "Where to Invest 2007" issue, it cites Cuba as one of five emerging nations worth "scouring" for contemporary art.

Just two decades ago, the maximum that a Cuban artwork could fetch in the market

was $25,000 (with the exception of works from Wilfredo Lam).  Today this reality has

changed.  As the demand from affluent Cuban-Americans in Miami for modern Cuban

paintings grew,  the value of Cuban artworks saw a dramatic rise. In 1993 a work by

Mariano Rodriguez (a Cuban painter whose works can be found in America's best

museums) was sold for $299,000.  In 1988, a Mario Carreño was sold for $121,000.

In May 1990, the same painting went for $286,000. 

 

Another recent success story has been Tomas Sanchez, a mid-career Cuban whose

prices have escalated sharply. In a few years prices for his art have gone from

around $10,000 up to a record of $310,000.

 

The market for Cuban art has come of age, as evidenced by its impetus.  Today

museums and art galleries in Paris, New York and Tokyo are showing an all-time high

interest in artworks from Cuban painters. As a result, a growing number of Cuban

artists are finding a booming market for their work.

 SubastaCuba offers an unrivalled Cuban art selection and a wealth of information, curriculum, and authenticity guaranty for art collectors and Galleries to facilitate the purchase and collection of Cuban art in a risk-free environment. At the same time, we are also committed to providing an unparalleled audience and marketplace for the best Cuban artist and the art-world. We offer you the accumulation of our experience backed by more of 20 years experience in two generations, our integrity and honesty.                                      

SubastaCuba offer only original art works, from today and yesterday, from our more than 20 years privet collection and directly from the artists in Cuba with no government intermediaries. SubastaCuba is politically impartial. SubastaCuba offer you a lifetime guarantee of authenticity, once you get the art work in your house you have 7 days to return it. We have been selling Cuban art on the Internet since October 2001 and have never had a return.

Now is a good time to buy, we hope you enjoy the value and selection we offer here,we make is easy for you.

Thank you.

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ORIGINAL PAINTING BY JOSE CID

" GALLO CANTA " 

This piece is unique, you will never find again!!!

You are bidding in a treasure of Cuba Contemporany art. You will possess not only a piece of art but a piece of Cuban painting history!

This offer is directed to Galleries of Art and professional collectors of the world, they will be able to recognize the exclusivity of this piece.

 

Now is the right time to buy art, non-financial assets form the greater part of world wealth and have been more stable in value during periods of financial and social turbulence, art still the safest long term investment art still the best investment you will ever make recent research by Barclays Capital and The Economist indicates that art has out performed both equities and property over both short and long periods of time demonstrating that art has emerged as a viable asset class.

 Art is the only commodity other than gold which is constant in giving steady returns from the very beginning, Cuban art can make and had make its own money over a period of time, this means, Cuban art should not be taken as a short investment of just few months, but give it some time and this does not mean lifetime but at least around three years. It will give you good returns. If you pick out some good Cuban paintings and study their progress in the last few years, you will find out that they have given very good returns. In some cases, certain pieces of art has given 100 per cent returns and more like Cuban old Masters, Mariano Rodriguez or René Portocarrero in 2008

Now is a good time to buy, we hope you enjoy the value and selection we offer here,we make is easy for you.

Thank you.

You are bidding on a good condition ( please see pictures) original watercolors on cartuline painting by Cuban master Jose Cid, from 1971.

This piece is UNIQUE AND YOU NEVER WILL FIND AGAIN.

 We stand 100% behind the authenticity of this painting. 

 This pieces was a gift from master José Cid to our family in 1971 and since then it has belonged to our private collection. I fully legally respond for the authenticity and the propertyof this artwork.

The piece come from our privat colection and will be sent with a copy of the official certificate of export from The National Registry of Cultural Goods(Certificado de Exportacion del Registro Nacional  de Bienes Culturales de la Republica de Cuba). I cannot send the original because they write many pieces on each paper.

Size : 70 x 50 cm  (20 x 27 Inches)

SIGNED: CID 71.

DATED: 1971.

 ORIGINAL PAINTING

 WATERCOLORS ON CARDBOARD 

SHIPPING OF PIECES : IN A BOX, your valuables will be packaged securely and safely.

Collection: Private

Conservation: Good Condition; only small scratchs on the painting surface, In some small motives, the colors have lost a bit in intensity,  please see pictures below.

Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact.

Subastacuba shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear, tear, imperfections ,or the effects of aging.

100% Original and Guaranteed !

FRAMED: NOT

 

Please do not bid until you have read the entire listing. I hope that most of your questions can be answered by reading through the listing, but if you are still unclear on something, feel free to send an email before bidding

 We will pay shipping with Full coverage insurance for you. The painting will be schipped the first business day after recived the payment, you will be provided whith a tracking number.

 Bidders outside Canada and USA please contact us before bidding for shipping prices.

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                            José Cid Rodríguez  (1919-1979)

                                                  Las ciudades del Cid 

Tania Díaz Castro

LA HABANA, Febrero - El pintor y poeta José Cid Rodríguez pisó tierra cubana en 1950, ya cumplidos sus treinta años de edad e impulsado por el amor a una criolla con quien sostenía relaciones epistolares y por el deseo de prosperar, como ocurrió por esos años a tantos inmigrantes procedentes de distintos países.

Venía de una ciudad española más antigua que el Cristianismo: Cartagena, situada el fondo de una pequeña bahía, protegida de los vientos. En los años que nuestro pintor marchó ya era una ciudad comercial de importancia, con su gran dique para la construcción y reparación de buques mercantes y de guerra y la exportación de minerales extraídos de las montañas vecinas.

Comenzó a pintar a los 50 años de edad y muy pronto se dio a conocer entre los intelectuales cubanos y extranjeros que lo asediaban con el fin de adquirir sus obras. Se trataba de pintorescas y bellísimas ciudades que pudieron haber existido en civilizaciones anteriores.

No faltaba en cada una de ellas un toque poético, un detalle curioso o anécdota humanos. Siempre un solo personaje. A veces asomado a una ventana o por el camino, acompañado de un perro, una niña en pos de una mariposa o aquél que prefirió ahorcarse en el patio de su casa.

Para plasmar sus ciudades sobre papel usaba una técnica primitiva, no exenta de un curioso aliento ingenuo que se regía por una perfecta distribución de elementos. Estas formas estaban compuestas con gran meticulosidad, líneas bien proporcionadas y planos exactos o claro-oscuros para el ambiente diurno que se imponía en todas sus obras. Se trataba de un estilo muy peculiar que se enfrentó con gran éxito a las corrientes y tendencias de aquellos años.

Sumergirnos visualmente en una obra de Cid era una verdadera experiencia sobrecogedora. Una extraña belleza y el silencio que se imponía como un presagio indescifrable nos hacía meditar. Esas ciudades, pienso al cabo del tiempo, se propusieron simbolizar la desolación no sólo de su autor a través de calles y avenidas desiertas, sino también la de una urbe como La Habana, condenada a un régimen totalitario. Es por eso que sus obras destacaron el vacío existencial que años más tarde la escritora cubana Zoé Valdés definiera como "la nada cotidiana".

Le pregunté un día al amigo por qué todas sus ciudades estaban deshabitadas y me respondió que era mejor que el arte no reparara en aquéllos que en una ciudad estaban obligados a callar, simular.

En agosto de 1977, junto a más de cien escritores y pintores, entre ellos la autora de estas líneas, José Cid fue expulsado de la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba. Había pertenecido durante años a sus secciones de Artes Plásticas y Literatura, y de él, este organismo había editado dos libros, uno de poesía y otro de sus cuentos. De esta forma fue privado de ejercer sus derechos como creador por razones que nunca -me consta- le expusieron.

Vivía de forma sencilla junto a su esposa y sus numerosos hijos. Pintaba desde muy temprano en la mañana hasta la una de la tarde. Era una persona de suaves modales y muy educado. Mantenía, de forma inalterable, una innata elegancia. Era además tímido y discreto.

Con voz herida se quejaba por haberse quedado, no fuera del banquete -porque los escritores jamás los tuvimos- sino simplemente de la puerta con tanto frío.

El totalitarismo echó también garras sobre él, desgajándolo desde dentro y poco tiempo después murió, más de tristeza que de enfermedad física. Ni por la mente nos pasaba defender nuestros derechos civiles, protestar, rebelarnos, para salvar nuestra identidad como creadores. Si lo hubiésemos intentado, por esos años en que nadie escuchaba, habríamos caído en un pozo mucho más profundo y tenebroso: el de la soledad total.

Sin embargo, sin darnos cuenta comenzamos a sentirnos un poco libres, algo independientes. No estábamos ya atados a nada. Cid pensaría hoy lo mismo que yo si la muerte no lo hubiera sorprendido en los primeros meses de 1979.

Mucho después supe que había dejado inconclusa su última ciudad. Fue un gran privilegio haberlo conocido. Nunca más he vuelto a tener un hermano tan especial.

Las obras de José Cid apenas están en nuestros museos o galerías de arte. Sólo algunas adornan los hogares de ciertos escritores que fueron sus amigos. Porque el magnífico trabajo de este creador no interesó a los organismos que dirigen la cultura nacional y el resultado ya sabemos cuál es. José Cid está libre de culpas. También las ciudades que fabricó con sus manos de poeta.