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Since the 1930s Cuban-American artist Mario Sanchez’s family was associated with cigar making. Sanchez documented a style of urban life that existed between 1890 and 1910 in this Key West community where he grew up. He detailed the diverse people, distinctive architecture, and style of life in Key West using a bas-relief carving technique that allowed for expression of texture and depth.
Exhibition History"Popular Painters and Other Visionaries", El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, November 13, 2021 - February 27, 2022.
Artist
Mario Sanchez
(1908 - 2005)
Old Island Days, "Peace with Tranquility"
Datec. 1960
MediumPainted wood bas-relief
DimensionsSight: 14 7/8 × 24 in. (37.8 × 61 cm)
Object numberN0150.1971
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis scene, set on Olivia Street on the island of Key West, Florida, shows the typical homes, businesses, and street life found in the cigar-making communities that proliferated there during the second half of the 19th century. The dominant factory in the neighborhood depicted here was the Eduardo H. Gato factory. It, and others, served to make Key West the largest producer of U.S. cigars in 1890.Since the 1930s Cuban-American artist Mario Sanchez’s family was associated with cigar making. Sanchez documented a style of urban life that existed between 1890 and 1910 in this Key West community where he grew up. He detailed the diverse people, distinctive architecture, and style of life in Key West using a bas-relief carving technique that allowed for expression of texture and depth.
Exhibition History"Popular Painters and Other Visionaries", El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, November 13, 2021 - February 27, 2022.
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