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Original Mexican Surrealist Oil Painting Signed Rafael Viana Briceño - $2,150 (Bankers Hill Hillcrest)
2300 Fifth Avenue near Juniper
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Key Features:
Artist: Rafael Viana Briceño
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 inches x 24 inches
Style: Surrealism / Magical Realism
Subject: A central figure, a girl in a white dress, sits nestled in the abstract, gnarled roots of a tree, holding and eating slices of watermelon. A bird in flight is also depicted in the upper right. The scene is both earthy and ethereal, with a warm, rich color palette, characteristic of the Surrealist / Magical Realism movement's exploration of the subconscious and dream logic.
Signed and Dated: The painting is signed by the artist in the lower left corner and dated 1974 on the reverse. The back of the canvas also includes a personal inscription in red ink: "AL SR: JUAN ROSALES COMO UN PRESENTE DE AMISTAD Y ESTIMACION. Rafael Viana Briceño L.A. 17 DE JUNIO 1974" (To Mr. Juan Rosales as a gift of friendship and esteem.)