MARIO CARREÑO (1913-1999) Mujer con jaula signed and dated 'Carreño - 40' (lower right) pen and ink on paper 17 11/16 x 11 5/16 in (45 x 28.8 cm) Executed in 1940 Footnotes: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Ida Gonzalez de Carreño and dated 2010. Provenance Jean-Michel Cortes Collection, Buenos Aires. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Literature F.A. Orta, Variaciones del árbol, Madrid, 2021, p. 178 (illustrated). Mujer con jaula (1940) belongs to an early and formative stage in Mario Carreño's career, when drawing served as a primary means for exploring the human figure and its symbolic relationship with nature. The composition depicts a nude child interacting with a barren tree, forming a quiet, allegorical scene imbued with reflective tension. Precise linework and a restrained atmospheric treatment suggest a meditation on origin, knowledge, and curiosity, where the child's gesture acquires an almost ritual quality. Executed in 1940, the work reveals Carreño's early conceptual maturity and his inclination toward integrating symbolic meaning within a refined and sensitive figurative language. Mario Carreño is recognized as one of the most significant figures of modern Cuban and Latin American art, celebrated for his mastery of drawing, mural painting, and a practice that moves fluidly between figuration, symbolism, and abstraction. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing