Luis Martinez Pedro

Luis Martínez Pedro (1910-1989) Naturaleza muerta signed and dated 'Martínez Pedro 43' (lower right) watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper 22 1/2 x 30 7/8in. (57 x 78.5cm) Executed in 1943 PROVENANCE Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 26, 1997, lot 222. Acquired from the above sale by the present owner. Ramon Cernuda has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Lot # 142 Luis Martinez-Pedro 1910 - Cuban Otros signos del mar #40 (Other Signs of the Sea #40) oil on canvas on verso signed, titled, dated Enero 1972, inscribed with artist's logo, "3ra etapa" and "Habana" and numbered 40 60 x 42 in 152.4 x 106.7cm Provenance: Private Collection, Victoria Estimate: $3,000 ~ $5,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver

* Luis Martinez-Pedro (Cuban, 1910-1990) Composition No. 16, 1958 oil on canvas signed L. M. Pedro and dated (lower left); signed, titledand dated (verso) 58 1/4 x 38 inches. Estimate $ 1,000-2,000 Property from the Bradley Family Foundation, formerly in theCollection of Peg Bradley of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Naples,Florida, sold to benefit the Lynden Sculpture Garden some surface dirt, minor horizontal scuff in lower left, underUV: no obvious evidence of restoration.

Luis Martínez Pedro (Cuban 1910-1989) Cazadores de pájaros (Leyenda de tramperos de bagiaeles conGuidranama) signed and dated 'Martínez Pedro, '45' (lower right) signed againand inscribed 'LEYENDA DE TRAMPEROS DE BAGIAELES CON GUIDRANAMA,LUIS MARTINEZ PEDRO' (on the verso) ink and gouache on paper 27¼ x 23 1/8 in. (69.2 x 58.7 cm.) Executed in 1945. Provenance Private collection, Mexico City. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Exhibited Buenos Aires, Museo de Bellas Artes, 11 Pintores Cubanos, 2- 25July 1946, no. 34. Lot Notes We are grateful to the Fundación Arte Cubano for its assistancein cataloguing this work.

Luis Martínez Pedro (Cuban 1910-1989) Cazadores de pájaros (Leyenda de tramperos de bagiaeles conGuidranama) signed and dated 'Martínez Pedro, '45' (lower right) signed againand inscribed 'LEYENDA DE TRAMPEROS DE BAGIAELES CON GUIDRANAMA,LUIS MARTINEZ PEDRO' (on the verso) ink and gouache on paper 27¼ x 23 1/8 in. (69.2 x 58.7 cm.) Executed in 1945. Provenance Private collection, Mexico City. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Exhibited Buenos Aires, Museo de Bellas Artes, 11 Pintores Cubanos, 2- 25July 1946, no. 34. Lot Notes We are grateful to the Fundación Arte Cubano for its assistancein cataloguing this work.