Artworks

Explore the artworks of the collection. Each artwork has been carefully chosen in order to contribute to a greater discussion about Afro-Cuban religion, identity, colonial inheritance, and presence in today's world.

 

With artworks from over 40 artists from accross Cuba, The Watch Hill Foundation Collection aims to create a platform from which Afro-Cuban art can engage with the wider international community, contributing to the evolving dialogue of art from African diaspora. 

  • Untitled
    Rene Peña
    Untitled , 1998
    Digital Print Photography
    133 x 100 cm
    Edition 3/5
    Series: from the series "Untitled Album"
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  • Wardrobe
    Rene Peña
    Wardrobe, 2007
    Digital Print Photography
    40 x 54 cm
    Edition: 2/5
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  • White pillow (From the series, Untitled Album)
    Rene Peña
    White pillow (From the series, Untitled Album) , 2007
    Digital Print Photography
    100 x 133 cm
    Edition 3/5
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  • Without title,
    Rene Peña
    Without title, , 2007
    Digital print Photography
    100 x 133cm
    Edition 1/5
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  • Negro sobre (blanco Malevich in memoriam)
    Reynerio Tamayo
    Negro sobre (blanco Malevich in memoriam), 2011
    Acrylic on canvas
    140 x 115 cm
    55 1/8 x 45 1/4 in
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  • Negro sobre negro (Malevich in memoriam)
    Reynerio Tamayo
    Negro sobre negro (Malevich in memoriam), 2011
    Acrylic on canvas
    140 x 115 cm
    55 1/8 x 45 1/4 in
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  • La sombra (The shadow)
    Ricardo Rodríguez Brey
    La sombra (The shadow), 1988
    Pencil, crayon, watered ink and acrylic on cardboard
    70.5 x 51 cm
    27 3/4 x 20 1/8 in
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  • Naturaleza muerta con muerto (Still life with dead)
    Ricardo Rodríguez Brey
    Naturaleza muerta con muerto (Still life with dead), 1955
    Pencil drawing and watercolor on paper
    70 x 50 cm
    27 1/2 x 19 3/4 in
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  • A mal tiempo buena cara (Good face to bad weather)
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    A mal tiempo buena cara (Good face to bad weather), 1971
    Light box on wood, digital photo, acrylic, electric wires
    84 x 74 x 12 cm
    33 1/8 x 29 1/8 x 4 3/4 in
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  • Carmen III
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    Carmen III, 2008
    Acrylic on canvas, collage with burlap cloth, charcoal and seams
    200 x 150 cm
    78 3/4 x 59 1/8 in
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  • De la serie “Donde el dolor no duele”
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    De la serie “Donde el dolor no duele”, 1971
    Digital photo print on PVC
    150 x 100 cm.
    Series: Where the pain doesn´t hurt
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  • El hijo del monte (The Forest´s Son)
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    El hijo del monte (The Forest´s Son), 2008
    Acrylic on canvas, collage, charcoal and seams
    200 x 150 cm
    78 3/4 x 59 1/8 in
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  • España, devuelveme a mis dioses (Spain, give my gods back)
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    España, devuelveme a mis dioses (Spain, give my gods back), 2000
    Oil on jute fabric and knotted strips of canvas and jute fabric
    200 x 300 cm
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  • Hombre en azul (Man in blue)
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    Hombre en azul (Man in blue), 2008
    Acrylic on canvas, collage with burlap, seams, charcoal
    130 x 100 cm
    51 1/8 x 39 3/8 in
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  • Tu lugar (Your place)
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    Tu lugar (Your place), 2006
    Mixed media on canvas
    65 x 100 cm
    25 5/8 x 39 3/8 in
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  • Untitled
    Roberto Diago Durruthy
    Untitled, 1994
    Acrylic on canvas
    80 x 60 cm
    31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
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  • Aves
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Aves, 1950
    Mixed media on paper



    35.5 x 28 cm
    14 x 11 in
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  • Cabeza
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Cabeza, c. 1945
    Ink on paper
    20.3 x 12.7 cm
    8 x 5 in
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  • Cabeza de Elegguá
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Cabeza de Elegguá
    Mixed media on heavy paper
    30 x 21.5 inc
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  • Corcel (XLVII)
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Corcel (XLVII)
    Ink and paint on cardboard
    65 x 48.5cm
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  • Line drawing
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Line drawing, c. 1950's
    Ink on paper
    24.8 x 34.9 cm
    9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in
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  • Study for “La Noche”
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Study for “La Noche”, 1945
    Mixed media on paper
    207.7 x 45.7 cm
    81 3/4 x 18 in
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  • Untitled (Abstract)
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Untitled (Abstract), 1953
    Ink on paper
    25 x 35 cm
    9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in
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  • Untitled (Face in red, blue and ochre)
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Untitled (Face in red, blue and ochre), 1953
    Pastel on cardboard
    42 x 52 cm
    16 1/2 x 20 1/2 in
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  • Untitled (Figures in red, black and green)
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Untitled (Figures in red, black and green), 1953
    Gouache, acrylic, and ink on paper

    31 x 25 cm
    12 1/4 x 9 7/8 in
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  • Untitled , N.D.
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Untitled , N.D.
    Untitled , N.D.
    Ink and Gouache on paper
    26 x 39.4 cm
    10 1/4 x 15 1/2 in
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  • Yari – Yari Mama Olua
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    Yari – Yari Mama Olua, 1941
    5 water colour paintings on paper
    25 x 37 cm each
    5 Works on Paper
    Set of 5 Water Colour Sketches
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  • “Mujer” (Woman)
    Roberto Juan Diago Querol
    “Mujer” (Woman), 1948
    Oil on cardboard
    70.3 x 55.6 cm
    27 5/8 x 21 7/8 in
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  • El Último Cabildo de Yemayá
    Roberto Salas
    El Último Cabildo de Yemayá, 1961
    Photography
    Portfolio of photographs, variable
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  • Tumba Bembé Batá series
    Roberto Salas
    Tumba Bembé Batá series
    Portfolio of 23 developed black and white photographs with negatives of entire series of 150 photographs
    Portfolio of photographs, variable
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  • Los Patrones de Cuba (The Patron Saints of Cuba)
    Rolando Vázquez
    Los Patrones de Cuba (The Patron Saints of Cuba), 1996
    Installation of 7 painted woodcarvings with flags representing 7 orishas
    Approx 110 x 50 cm each piece
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  • Cortar los paños (Cutting the cloths)
    Rubén Rodríguez Martínez
    Cortar los paños (Cutting the cloths)
    Oil, charcoal on heavy paper Guarro 380gr
    70 x 100 cm
    27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
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  • Mantos
    Rubén Rodríguez Martínez
    Mantos
    Oil, ink and charcoal on Guarro heavy paper
    70 x 100 cm
    27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
    Series: Cloaks Series
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  • El Labrador (The Farmer)
    Ruperto Jay Matamoros
    El Labrador (The Farmer), 1988
    Oil on canvas
    48 x 46 cm
    18 7/8 x 18 1/8 in
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  • Flores de la tierra (Flowers from the earth)
    Ruperto Jay Matamoros
    Flores de la tierra (Flowers from the earth), 1994
    Oil on canvas
    71 x 85 cm
    28 x 33 1/2 in
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  • El valor de las cosas (The value of things)
    Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal
    El valor de las cosas (The value of things), 2009
    Mixed media on linen
    150 x 118 cm.
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  • Iku elese Ita Iku
    Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal
    Iku elese Ita Iku, 1994
    Ink and feather on fine cardboard
    77 x 101.5 cm
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  • Ipori
    Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal
    Ipori, 2009
    Mixed media on carboard
    112 x 76 cm
    44 1/8 x 29 7/8 in
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  • Oro Awo Eggun Iku Ontonowa Babalawo Maferefun Ifa
    Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal
    Oro Awo Eggun Iku Ontonowa Babalawo Maferefun Ifa, 1993
    Ink on fine cardboard
    75.5 x 101 cm
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  • Oro Baba
    Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal
    Oro Baba, 2002
    acrylic, collage, horse tail and fish skull on canvas.
    200 x 180 cm.
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  • Remember
    The Merger (Alain Pino, Niels Moleiro and Mario Miguel González “Mayito”)
    Remember, 2012
    Bronze sculpture and real flash drives
    65 x 45 x 50 cms 
    Edition 1/7
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  • 6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”
    Wifredo Lam
    6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”, 1962
    Colour etching on paper
    Edition: 3/50
    Series: Images Series
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  • 6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”
    Wifredo Lam
    6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”, 1962
    Colour etching on paper
    Edition: 3/50
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  • 6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”
    Wifredo Lam
    6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”, 1962
    Colour etching on paper
    Edition: 3/50
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  • 6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”
    Wifredo Lam
    6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”, 1962
    Colour etching on paper
    Edition: 3/50
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  • 6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”
    Wifredo Lam
    6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”, 1962
    Colour etching on paper
    Edition: 3/50
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  • 6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”
    Wifredo Lam
    6 original color etchings on paper from the series “Images”, 1962
    Colour etching on paper
    Edition: 3/50
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  • El Ultimo Viaje del Buque Fantasma
    Wifredo Lam
    El Ultimo Viaje del Buque Fantasma, 1976
    Portfolio – 12 colour signed lithography on arches paper
    6 sheets of 50 x 72 cm6 sheets of 50 x 36 cm
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  • Ochosi
    Wifredo Lam
    Ochosi, 1954
    Gouache and charcoal on Canson paper
    130 x 80 cm
    51 1/8 x 31 1/2 in
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  • El beso (The kiss)
    Yoan Capote
    El beso (The kiss), 1997/200
    Installation of 7 (seven) different noses made in bronze with different patina, perfume essences and sponge
    7 x 4 x 4 cm each
    2 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in each
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  • Painting of KINDEMBO SARABANDA MALONGO YAYA ARRIBA NTOTO, 2009
    José Bedia
    Kindembo Sarabanda Malongo Yaya arriba ntoto, 2009
    Acrylic / canvas
    182 x 464 cm
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  • El Burro que fui (Jackass)
    José Bedia
    El Burro que fui (Jackass), 2010
    Acrylic collage /heavy paper
    140 x 310 cm
    55 1/8 x 122 1/8 in
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  • Mama, a la Negrita se le Siguen Saliendo los Pies de la Cunita (Mama, the black girl still has her feet out of the cradle)
    José Bedia
    Mama, a la Negrita se le Siguen Saliendo los Pies de la Cunita (Mama, the black girl still has her feet out of the cradle), 2014
    acrylic, oil, crayon, ink, collage on bark paper
    204 x 120 cm
    80 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
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  • Abre Nkuto, Muchacho Nuevo”(Open your ear, young man)
    José Bedia
    Abre Nkuto, Muchacho Nuevo”(Open your ear, young man) , 1989/2017
    Installation, acrylic on canvas, metal objects, sticks
    274 x 305 cm
    107 7/8 x 120 1/8 in
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  • Sketchbook with 94 Drawings
    José Bedia
    Sketchbook with 94 Drawings, 1996/7
    Mixed media ink on paper
    Each page 35.6 x 27.9 cm
    Each page 14 x 11 in
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  • Ofrendas que se dejan en la cueva
    José Bedia
    Ofrendas que se dejan en la cueva, 2003
    ink, paint and mixed media on amate paper
    120 x 240 cm
    47 1/4 x 94 1/2 in
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  • Sarabanda
    José Bedia
    Sarabanda, 2010
    Acrylic and oil stick on amate paper
    130 x 255 cm
    51 1/8 x 100 3/8 in
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  • Makishi Ngulu
    José Bedia
    Makishi Ngulu, 2007
    Acrylic on canvas
    183 x 268 cm
    72 x 105 1/2 in
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  • Ngo
    José Bedia
    Ngo, 2010
    Acrylic on canvas
    180 x 226
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