ANTONIO GATTORNO (Cuban, 1904-1980)
TATO
sgn. l.r. Gattorno; also sgn. and dated on reverse, Gattorno 37
o/b, 12.5 by 9.5 in., framed
paper label on reverse: Tato, Antonio Gattorno, Matanzas, Cuba (1937)
Gattorno was one of the founders of the Cuba's Modernish Movement. Ernest Hemingway sponsored Gattorno's first solo exhibition in the US at the Passedoit Gallery in NYC. This led to a commission from the Bacardi Co. to paint a mural on the 35th floor of the Empire State Building. He and his wife lived in Greenwich Village for more than 30 years.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $7,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 76 : ANTONIO GATTORNO (Cuban, 1904-1980)
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