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Roberto Fabelo — Untitled
Roberto Fabelo — Untitled
Roberto Fabelo — Untitled
Roberto Fabelo — Untitled
Roberto Fabelo — Untitled
Roberto Fabelo

Untitled

2002

Roberto Fabelo's 2002 untitled drawing presents the Cuban master's signature visual language at an intimate scale, rendered in crayon on heavy paper with the dense, tactile physicality that defines his works on paper. At 65 by 50 centimeters, the composition commands attention through Fabelo's extraordinary command of draftsmanship, his figures emerging from the surface with a psychological charge that sits somewhere between the dreamlike and the grotesque. The crayon medium, often associated with immediacy and spontaneity, is here transformed into something altogether more deliberate, each mark contributing to a layered visual tension that rewards sustained looking. Fabelo occupies a singular position within Latin American art, recognized internationally for a body of work that draws on surrealism, figurative tradition, and the complex cultural inheritance of Cuba without being reducible to any single influence. Works on paper from this period are particularly sought after, as they reveal the unmediated relationship between the artist's imagination and the surface, free from the formal constraints of larger painted canvases. This piece, signed by the artist, carries the full weight of that intimacy. The work is offered by JCamejo Art and is available without a frame, though the noted framed dimensions of approximately 38 by 31 inches suggest a tasteful presentation option should a collector wish to pursue one.

Medium
Crayon on heavy paper
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
JCamejo Art, Miami, FL

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Roberto Fabelo, Untitled, 2002

Roberto Fabelo's 2002 untitled drawing presents the Cuban master's signature visual language at an intimate scale, rendered in crayon on heavy paper with the dense, tactile physicality that defines his works on paper. At 65 by 50 centimeters, the composition commands attention through Fabelo's extraordinary command of draftsmanship, his figures emerging from the surface with a psychological charge that sits somewhere between the dreamlike and the grotesque. The crayon medium, often associated with immediacy and spontaneity, is here transformed into something altogether more deliberate, each mark contributing to a layered visual tension that rewards sustained looking. Fabelo occupies a singular position within Latin American art, recognized internationally for a body of work that draws on surrealism, figurative tradition, and the complex cultural inheritance of Cuba without being reducible to any single influence. Works on paper from this period are particularly sought after, as they reveal the unmediated relationship between the artist's imagination and the surface, free from the formal constraints of larger painted canvases. This piece, signed by the artist, carries the full weight of that intimacy. The work is offered by JCamejo Art and is available without a frame, though the noted framed dimensions of approximately 38 by 31 inches suggest a tasteful presentation option should a collector wish to pursue one.

Medium
Crayon on heavy paper
Dimensions
overall: 65 x 50 cm
Year
2002
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
JCamejo Art, Miami, FL

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