"Self Portrait" Emilio Sanchez, (Cuban-American, 1921-1999) Slate Print Gouache on thick watercolor paper

Gouache on thick watercolor paper

From the Album "Some Aspects of Life in Paris"

which can be difficult to decipher

recently designated as The Shrine of St

and it is wonderful to see renewed interest and scholarly attention being focused on this important early 20th century American etcher and Connecticut artist of note

"Self Portrait" Emilio Sanchez, (Cuban-American, 1921-1999) Slate Print Gouache on thick watercolor paperSelf Portrait, Watercolor, ca. 15 1 2 x 11 1 2, signed in pencil, on thick wove watercolor paper. Emilio Sanchez was an accomplished and prolific painter and printmaker from Cuba, who settled in New York. This early self portrait was a gift from the artist to Riva Castleman, late curator emeritus of prints at MOMA.