Agustín Cárdenas was born in Matanzas, Cuba on 10th April 1927. The son of a tailor he entered the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Art in 1943 and studied there until 1949. He arrived in France in 1955 and settled in Montparnasse. He met André Breton, who invited him from as early as 1956 to participate in a group exhibition at the Surrealist gallery, l’Étoile Scellée. He was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, a Knight of the Legion of Honour and received the William and Norma Copley Foundation Award. As from 1968, Cárdenas lived and worked in Meudon-Bellevue and at his studio in Nogent-sur-Marne. His five sons were all born in France. Cárdenas also worked in Canada, Austria, Japan, Israel and Korea, as well as Carrara in Italy where he sculpted marble pieces and at Pietrasanta, where he cast his bronze sculptures. Agustin Cárdenas died in Havana, Cuba in 2001 and is buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. Between 1956 and 2012, Cárdenas took part in hundred or so group exhibitions and was the focus of some forty monographic exhibitions.
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas
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The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Augustin Càrdenas with 'Mon ombre après minuit' , 1963 -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Le Bois Carrara, 1974
Wood
202 x 44 x 44 cm
79 1/2 x 17 3/8 x 17 3/8 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Le Repos de l’Oiseau, 1981
White marble
193 x 48 x 40 cm
76 x 18 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Le Repos du Petit Oiseau, 1981
Pink marble
80 x 22 x 15 cm
31 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Soliloquio, 1972
Bronze
74 x 40 x 22 cm
29 1/8 x 15 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, La Maternité, 1957
Wood
70 x 12 x 12 cm
27 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, La Mascotte, 1984
Bronze
34 x 13 x 13 cm
13 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches
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The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Vertical, 1959
Bronze
49 x 12,5 x 12,5 cm
19 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Un Seul Fil, 1989
Burnt Wood
235 x 35 x 35 cm
92 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Un Seul Fil, 1989
Burnt Wood
235 x 35 x 35 cm
92 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Anele, 1960-1973
Bronze
279 x 29 x 29 cm
109 7/8 x 11 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Vers la Lumière, 1960-1972
Bronze
232 x 40 x 40 cm
91 3/8 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches
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Untitled, 1956
60 x 50 cm (framed)
23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (framed) -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Untitled, 1965
Ink on cardboard
60 x 50 cm (framed)
23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (framed) -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Untitled, 1965
Pencil on paper
60 x 50 cm
23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Untitled, 1957
60 x 50 cm (framed)
23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (framed) -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Untitled
Ink on paper
60 x 50 cm (framed)
23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (framed) -
The Estate of Agustín Cárdenas, Untitled, 1975
Charcoal on paper
100 x 80 cm (framed)
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches (framed)