LEANDRO SOTO (1956-2022) La Fiesta signed and dated 'Leandro Soto 1997' (lower center); signed, inscribed and dated 'Leandro Soto 1997 Buffalo NY 'La Fiesta'' (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 71 x 50 3/4 in (180.3 x 128.7 cm) Painted in 1997 Footnotes: Provenance Collection of Antonio Benitez Rojo, Greenfield, California. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Literature J.V. Zamora, et al., Leandro Soto: La Fiesta, Havana, 2025 (illustrated pp. 6-7). La Fiesta (1997) belongs to Leandro Soto's symbolic and transgressive imagery, where the human figure is fragmented and reconfigured within a space charged with eroticism, theatricality, and ritual energy. Curved planes and intense chromatic contrasts suggest a body in transformation, marked by tensions between desire, masking, and identity. The expressive use of color and line generates an atmosphere of ambiguous celebration, in which festivity coexists with unease. Drawing on myth, performance, and cultural hybridity, the work reflects Soto's sustained interest in the body as a site of ritual enactment and symbolic displacement. Leandro Soto was an internationally active Cuban artist whose multidisciplinary practice explored identity, eroticism, spirituality, and performativity through a critical and experimental lens. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W W Lot is oversized or otherwise such that it must be collected from our designated warehouse. Please refer to the Offsite Sold Property Storage section of the Buyer's Guide for details. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing