Attributed to Lolo Soldevilla, it does not have a COA. Medium: tempera heavy paper, the painting has some stains due to the years, please refer to photos for more details, 41 x 29 inches. Provenance: private owner from Las Vegas. Biography: 1901 - 1971. Loló Soldevilla (1901-1971) was a painter, sculptor, draftsman and Cuban engraver. She was one of the most important representatives of abstract geometric art in her country, and is considered a seminal figure in the promotion of Cuban Art, especially Concrete Cuban art (abstraction) with international influence. She strongly rejected nationalist figurative work of the Vanguardistas, which pushed for radical social reforms. Her methods included painting, drawing and collage.Personal informationBirth name Dolores Soldevilla NietoBirth 1901, CubaDeath 1971, La Habana, CubaResidence HavanaCuban NationalityProfessional information: Occupation ArtistIn the year 1912 Loló Soldevilla moved with her family to the city of Havana. She began painting in 1948. In 1949, she moved to the city of Paris, where she studied sculpture at the Grande Chaumière Academy and encountered many avant-garde artistic methods, especially abstraction. In 1950, she returned for one year to Cuba, where the Lyceum of Havana held an exhibition of her work .And in mid-1951, she returned to France where she entered a workshop of the abstract painters Jean Dewasne and Edgar Pillet. Also during that time she studied engraving with Stanley Hayter and Cochet. In 1953, the Arnaud Gallery held a joint exhibition of Loló / Varela.She returned to Cuba in 1956, and she and Pedro de Oraa founded Galeriea Ckolor-Luz, a gallery sole dedicated to the promotion of abstract art. She also exhibited her works at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana. And two years later in France, she exhibited a series of luminous reliefs in the Gallery of Realités Nouvelles.During the course 1960 - 1961, she worked as a professor of plastic arts at the School of Architecture of the University of Havana. And in 1964 she founded the group of painters Espacio. All authorship of items in this catalog are described according to the following terms: Signed [Artist Name] : In cases in which the signature is legible in the lot, this work is described as-is with no attributions given. By [Artist Name] : The work is by the artist. Attributed to [Artist Name] : The work may be ascribed to the artist on the basis of style, but there may be some question as to actual authorship. In the manner of [Artist Name] : The work was executed by an unknown hand, but was designed deliberately to emulate the style of the artist. After [Artist Name] : The work was executed by an unknown hand, but is a deliberate copy of a known work by the artist. Circle of [Artist Name] : A work of the period of the artist showing his influence, closely associated with the artist but not necessarily his pupil. Follower of [Artist Name]: A work by a pupil or a follower of the artist (not necessarily a pupil). American, 19th century: This work was executed by an unknown hand, and can only be identified by origin (i.e., region, period).