Mario Sanchez. How You Do?
Mario Sanchez.
How You Do?
Carved and painted wood-relief plaque.
Jointed board, excellent condition.
Image is 31" w x 17" h.
Artist-made frame is 34" w x 20" h.
Est. $50,000-80,000.
Ship: $200.
Provenance: Info from consignor:
"This is what I know about the painting. It was a gift to my mother from the artist himself around 40 years ago. My mother was Mario's wife's cousin. The painting is a depiction of the neighborhood that they lived in when living in Ybor City. The house on the far left shows my grandfather in the baseball uniform that he wore when playing semi-pro ball here in Tampa. My mother and her sister are pictured beside him. To the left of my grandfather is my grandmother with my mother's two brothers.
The painting is titled 'How You Do'. The black gentleman with peg-leg, in the plaid suit tipping his hat is who the painting is named for. The 'Taffy Man', pictured in white and the 'Devil Crab Man' are vendors that visited our neighborhood every day. The man with the orange cart selling mullet has a sign on his cart saying, 'No Credit In All Languages'. The devil crab man is looking back at the Cuban woman in the striped dress with the big butt. To the far right is a lady with her triplets in the carriage has her older twin sons walking ahead of her. The artwork also depicts children playing ball in the red brick street between the trolley tracks.
For 40 years this painting has been hanging in my mother's home with an occasional dusting but nothing else has been done affecting the originality of the artwork."
Mario Sanchez.
How You Do?
Carved and painted wood-relief plaque.
Jointed board, excellent condition.
Image is 31" w x 17" h.
Artist-made frame is 34" w x 20" h.
Est. $50,000-80,000.
Ship: $200.
Provenance: Info from consignor:
"This is what I know about the painting. It was a gift to my mother from the artist himself around 40 years ago. My mother was Mario's wife's cousin. The painting is a depiction of the neighborhood that they lived in when living in Ybor City. The house on the far left shows my grandfather in the baseball uniform that he wore when playing semi-pro ball here in Tampa. My mother and her sister are pictured beside him. To the left of my grandfather is my grandmother with my mother's two brothers.
The painting is titled 'How You Do'. The black gentleman with peg-leg, in the plaid suit tipping his hat is who the painting is named for. The 'Taffy Man', pictured in white and the 'Devil Crab Man' are vendors that visited our neighborhood every day. The man with the orange cart selling mullet has a sign on his cart saying, 'No Credit In All Languages'. The devil crab man is looking back at the Cuban woman in the striped dress with the big butt. To the far right is a lady with her triplets in the carriage has her older twin sons walking ahead of her. The artwork also depicts children playing ball in the red brick street between the trolley tracks.
For 40 years this painting has been hanging in my mother's home with an occasional dusting but nothing else has been done affecting the originality of the artwork."
