DANIEL SERRA BADUÉ (1914-1996) Mujer con pajarera oil on canvas 31 3/8 x 23 7/8 in (81 x 60.7 cm) Painted in 1961 Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, Miami. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Literature R.C. Amate, Cuban Art, The Ascending Spiral, Havana, 2021, no. 4 (illustrated p. 307). Mujer con pajarera (1961) is a representative work of Daniel Serra Badué's symbolic figurative language, in which the female figure functions as a bearer of poetic and existential meaning. The composition presents the figure frontally, structured through a chromatic organization of color fields that segment the pictorial space and reinforce the conceptual charge of the scene. The birdcage, held firmly by the figure, operates as a potent symbol of tension between confinement and freedom, while the bird in flight introduces a counterpoint suggestive of escape, desire, or transcendence. This interplay between containment and release imbues the work with psychological depth and narrative ambiguity. Executed in the early 1960s, the painting belongs to a modern figurative current in Cuban art that integrates symbolism, narrative suggestion, and a deeply human sensibility. Serra Badué is recognized for his contribution to the renewal of modern painting in Cuba, developing a symbolic language that balances formal clarity with emotional and philosophical resonance. The work is illustrated in Cuban Art, The Ascending Spiral, underscoring its art-historical significance. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing