Baruj Salinas etching entitled "Effluvia" - signed

This etching is a very good example of printwork, by the renowned Cuban Master, Baruj Salinas. It was done by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, in 1979. The title is "Effluvia". It measures 22" x 30", and is signed, and numbered H.C. 12/15, in pencil. The colors are rich, the strike is perfect, and the work displays some of the abstract expressionist influences that his great work possesses. This work is warm, vibrant, sensuous, lush, compelling, gorgeous, and full of passion for life, nature, and physical creation. Salinas is quoted as saying: "Because of my connection and collaboration with poets and writers such as María Zambrano, José Angel Valente, Pere Gimferrer, and Michel Butor, I developed a concept of the language of the clouds. This consisted basically of a grey background with white as the main color of my palette–the white symbolizing clouds. I also used pictograms, ideograms, and strange alphabets like the Greek alphabet, the Hebrew alphabet, and the Iberian alphabet". On another occasion Salinas was quoted as follows: "To me, painting is not work. It is something that transcends labor. I love to be in my studio painting because I forget about everything else. I’m so concentrated on it that it is like a meditation. I concentrate on what I’m doing and I enjoy it while I’m doing it. I enjoy seeing a wide space being developed into something that has life. It’s always been the most important thing in my life. And architecture was never so.”

We guarantee the authenticity of this print, and will offer a certificate of authenticity on our gallery letterhead. This etching is in excellent condition, and is unframed.

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Some biographical info on Salinas is as follows:

Baruj Salinas was born in Havana, Cuba. He received his degree in architechture from Kent State University in Ohio. After his exile from Cuba in 1959, he moved to Miami. After a few years, he moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he worked closely with painters of the stature of Miró and Tapies. His work can be seen in several important museums and collections in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2004

“Otra Mirada”, Fabero, (Leon) Spain

“Gouaches” , Pesqueira Gallery, Key Biscayne

“Claros del Bosque”, MDC Frances Wolfson Gallery Miami, Florida 2003

"Otra Mirada”, Astorga, (León) Spain "

Pintar de Palabras", Centro Cultural Español, Coral Gables, FL.

"Calzada, Consuegra y Salinas", King FineArts, New York, NY. 2002

"Gesta", Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

"New Works", Central Connecticut State University, Samuel Chen Art Center, Hartford, CT. 2001

25 Años de Obra Grafica (Retrospectiva), Galeria Trazo, Mexico City 2000

Partial Retrospective of Paintings, Espace Vallon- Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland 1999

Galeria Trazo, Mexico City 1998

America’s Collection, Coral Gables, Florida

Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1997

Fundación Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain. 1996

Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland.

Galeria Alfredo Melgar, Madrid, Spain. 1995

Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. 1994

Shuyu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

Forum de las Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Art Gallery, Continental Bank, Miami, Florida. 1993

Galeria Torculo, Madrid, Spain.

Galeria Pemex, Mexico City

Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.

Museum Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France.

Caja de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 1992

Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia.

Centro Cultural Fatima, Monterrey, Mexico.

Galerie Editart, "Nocturno Duo", in collaboration with Vahe Godel, Geneva, Switzerland. 1991

Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland. 1989

Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland.

Galeria Nomen, Barcelona, Spain. 1988

Galeria Torculo, Madrid, Spain.

Galerie des Arcades, Bern, Switzerland.

Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

Galeria del Palau, Valencia, Spain. 1987

Centre Culturel Editart, Geneva,Switzerland.

Galerie in-Octavo, Lausanne, Switzerland. 1986

Foster Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, Florida.

Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland. 1985

Galeria Rayuela, Madrid, Spain.

River Gallery, Westport, Connecticut. 1983

Foster Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, Florida.

Centre Culturel Editart, Geneva,Switzerland.

Galeria Nomen, Barcelona, Spain. 1982

Galeria Joan Prats, New York, N.Y.

Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida. 1981

Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City

Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Detroit, Michigan.

Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain. 1980

Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

The Art Package, Chicago, Illinois. 1979

Galeria Sol del Rio, San Antonio, Texas.

Galeria Misrachi, Mexico City

Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland. 1978

Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.

The Art Package, Chicago, Illinois. 1977

Centre Culturel Editart, Geneva,Switzerland. 1976

Armon Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel. 1975

Centre Culturel Editart, Geneva,Switzerland.

Galeria Pecanins, Barcelona, Spain.

Harmon Gallery, Naples, Florida. 1974

Galeria Misrachi, Mexico City 1971

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

Galerie Rene Borel, Deauville, France.

B.I.D. Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1970

Erdon Gallery, Houston, Texas.

Argosy Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.

Exposicion Itinerante, Republica de El Salvador. 1969

Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale,Florida. 1968

Galeria Mer-Kup, Mexico City 1967

Galeria de Mexico, Montreal, Canada. 1962

Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, FL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004

“De Ida y Vuelta”, Centro Cultural Espanol, Miami, Florida - “Group Exhibition” , Homage a Maria Zambrano - Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

2003

“Beltran, Bencomo, Cuenca y Salinas”, Westchester Public Library, Miami, FL. - “Diaspora: Bencomo, Lloveras y Salinas”, Walker Fine Arts, Denver. Colorado. - “Three Cuban Masters: Calzada, Consuegra & Salinas”, King Fine Arts, New York, NY.

2002

"Cuban Painters", Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

2000

"Homenaje al Lapiz", Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City - Centro Cultural Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico - Museo de Periodismo y las Artes Graficas y la Fundacion Alvarez del Castillo, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - Museo de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico - "Bencomo and Salinas", Two Man Show, Corbino Gallery, Sarasota, Florida - "El Viaje"..., Art Book and Exhibition of Etchings by 17 artists, Caracas, Venezuela

1999

"III Trienal Arte Grafico Internacional de El Cairo, Egypt. - "Cuban-Sephardic Artists", Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, Colorado - Museo Arte Contemporaneo Latino America (MACLA), La Plata, Argentina Throckmorton Gallery, New York, NY - Musee D'Art de Lelocle, Lelocle, Switzerland - "El Lapiz", Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City.

1998

"Loin de Cuba", Musee des Tapisseries, Aix-en Provence, France

1997

"II Trienal Arte Grafico Internacional de El Cairo", Egypt.

1996

"Michel Butor et La Gravure", Musee Baron Gerard, Bayeux, France.

1995

"20 de Mayo", (Group Show) Cuban Museum of Art, Miami, Florida. - Kawagushiko Museum, Japan.

1994

Yamanashi Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan. - Vista Gallery, New York, NY. - "Selected Works from the Permanent Collection", Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. - Symposium of Lithography, La Coruña, Spain. - "Carte Blanche a Editart", Musee Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France.

1993

"Premio Nacional de Grabado", Calcografia Nacional, Madrid, Spain.

1992

"Homage to Octavio Paz", Patiño Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland. - Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City

1991

Patiño Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland. - "Euroamericana de Grabado," Diputacion de la Coruña, La Coruña, Spain.

1990

Centre Culturel Editart, Geneva, Switzerland.

1988

"Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba", Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida. - Galeria Rayuela, Madrid, Spain. - Gillman-Stein Gallery, Tampa, Florida. - "10 Jahre", Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland.

1987

"Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba", Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. - "Recent Development in Latinamerican Drawing", The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. - "International Bienal of Graphic Art", Moderna Galerija, Ljubjana, Yugoslavia. - "Lateinamerikanische Kunstler", Galerie del Mese-Fischer, Melteschwaden, Switzerland. - "Latin American Treasures from Miami Private Collection", Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida.

1986

"Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano", MOCHA (Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art), New York. - "V Bienal de Dibujo y Grabado Domecq", Mexico City - "VII Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano," San Juan, Puerto Rico. - "Miro, Tapies, Salinas", Galerie in-Octavo, Lausanne, Switzerland.

1985

: "Private Treasures, Public View", San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas. - Artconsult, Boston, Massachussetts

1984

"ARCO' 84", Galeria Joan Prats, Madrid, Spain. - "Art 15 '84", La Poligrafa, Basel, Switzerland.

1983

"III Europaische Bienale E.V.", Baden-Baden, Germany. "Premio Internazionale Biella per L'Incizione, Biella, Italy. - "VI Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano", San Juan, Puerto Rico. - "Hommage a Miro", Editart, Geneva, Spain. - "Obra Sobre Papel", Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain.

1982

"New Acquisitions", San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas. "International Exhibitions of Original Drawings",Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia. - "Works on Loan", McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.

1981

"V Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano", San Juan, Puerto Rico. - Museo de Arte del Siglo XX, Alicante, Spain.

1980

"II Bienal de Dibujo y Grabado Domecq", Mexico City - Museo de Villafames, Castellon, Spain. - "Tramesa Postal", Barcelona, Spain. - "IX Bienal de Grabado de Ibiza", Museo de Ibiza, Ibiza, Spain. - Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

1979

"Fiesta de la Letra", Barcelona, Spain.

1978

McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. - "VIII Bienal de Grabado de Ibiza", Museo de Ibiza, Ibiza, Spain. - "Art 9' 78", La Poligrafa, Basel, Switzerland.

1977

"Arte Actual Iberoamericano", Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

1976

"Artistas Latinoamericanos", Museo del Ampurdan, Figueras, Spain.

1974

Galeria Mer-Kup, Mexico City - Galeria Misrachi, Mexico City 1972

"Pintura Cubana", Miami Art Center, Miami, Florida. - "Major Florida Artists", Foster Harmon Galleries, Naples, Florida. - Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, Florida.

1969

Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas. - Sala Acuna, Guatemala, Guatemala.

1968

"Watercolor U.S.A.", Springfield, Missouri. - Galeria Mer-Kup, Mexico City - Galeria Misrachi, Mexico City

1967

Le Moyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida. - "Hortt Memorial Exhibition", Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

1966

Galeria Mer-Kup, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.

1964

"Watercolor U.S.A.", Springfield, Missouri. Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida.

1963

"Annual Juried Exhibition", Four Arts Society, Palm Beach, Florida.

1962

Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas. - "Hortt Memorial Exhibition", Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. - Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

1960

Circulo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba. - Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas.

1959

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.

COLLECTIONS

Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Arte del Siglo XX, Casa de la Asegurada, Alicante, Spain. Bacardi Collection, Miami, Fl Beit Uri Museum, Israel. Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain. Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland. Cuban Museum of Art, Miami, Florida. Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. Fundación Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain. Fundacion Miguel Aleman, Mexico City Institute of International Education, New York, NY. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City Musee Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France John Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. Lowe Art Museum (Cuban Collection) Coral Gables, Fl. McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas. Museo Alvar Carrillo Gil, Mexico City Museo Arte Contemporaneo LatinoAmericano (MACLA), La Plata, Argentina. Museo Cuevas, Mexico City Museo de Arte Moderno, Ibiza, Spain. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City Museo de Villafames, Villafames, Spain. Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia. Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City Museu Nacional D'Árt de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Museum of Art, Budapest, Hungary. Museum of the Americas (OAS), Washington, DC. Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan. Pemex Collection, Mexico City Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, Arizona. Public Library, City of Miami, Miami, Florida. San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas. University of Ohio Museum of Art, Miami, Ohio. Villa de Montecatini Collection, Italy Museo Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain