
ANA ALBERTINA (B. 1963) Estas completa oil and fabric collage on canvas 45 5/8 x 36 1/4 in (115.9 x 92.1 cm) Painted in 1989 Footnotes: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist (as Ana Delgado) and dated August 7, 2025. Provenance Farbe Collection, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Estas completa (1989) stands as a significant work within Ana Albertina's practice, presenting the human body as a charged site of conflict, questioning, and identity formation. The frontal, monumental figure is constructed through dense volumes and an intensified chromatic palette, emphasizing physical presence as both corporeal fact and psychological condition. A centrally placed symbolic element introduces a meditation on incompleteness, desire, and vulnerability, establishing a direct and confrontational dialogue with the viewer. Rather than resolving its imagery into a fixed narrative, the painting poses an open-ended question regarding bodily and existential wholeness, sustained by a tension between strength and fragility that permeates the composition. Executed during the late 1980s-a period of renewed figurative exploration in Cuban art-the work reflects a broader turn toward the body as a critical and subjective field of inquiry. Ana Albertina approaches these themes through a visceral yet controlled painterly language, rejecting idealized representation in favor of an image that is raw, introspective, and deeply human. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing































