Portocarrero's original mural in the Havana Hilton
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Rene Portocarerro's "History of the Antilles"
These black and white ink drawings by Cuban artist Rene Portocarrero are a set of studies created in 1957 for
his famous ceramic tile mural in the the Las Antillas Bar in the Havana
Hilton. This ten-panel mural, rendered in beige, gold, yellow, brown,
black, blue, and orange depicts the Caribbean legend of the Antilles'
ornamented women and flora. Portocarrero explored this subject again
in a series of pictures exhibited in the XXXIII Venice Biennial. (Please note that this series is sold only as a set.)
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #1
1957, 22"x 14"
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #2
1957, 22"x 14"
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #3
1957, 22"x 14"
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #4
1957, 22"x 14"
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #5
1957, 22"x 14"
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #6
1957, 22"x 14"
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #7
1957, 22"x 14"
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 Rene Portocarrero
Study for Las Antillas Bar Mural, #8
1957, 22"x 14"
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