





Sueño de Sirena (Mermaid's Dream)
2001
Roberto Fabelo's *Sueño de Sirena* presents a monumental copperplate engraving in which the boundary between waking life and oceanic reverie dissolves entirely. Measuring an expansive 107 by 175 centimeters, the work commands attention through its sheer physical presence, a scale rarely achieved in the engraving medium and one that speaks directly to Fabelo's ambition to elevate printmaking to the register of major painting. The composition draws on the rich seam of Cuban Baroque sensibility that runs through Fabelo's practice, conjuring a dreamscape populated by fantastical figures in which the mermaid becomes not merely a mythological cipher but a vessel for psychological interiority, desire, and the fertile tension between the human and the elemental. Fabelo, born in Camagüey in 1950 and widely regarded as one of the most significant figurative artists to emerge from Cuba in the latter half of the twentieth century, brings to this work the same meticulous draftsmanship that has distinguished his drawings and paintings internationally. The copperplate technique demands absolute commitment, each line incised with a precision that cannot be revised, and the resulting imagery carries a quality of condensed energy that reproduction rarely conveys. The fine cross-hatching and tonal gradations achieved across this large format demonstrate a consummate technical authority, lending the surreal subject matter an almost archaeological sense of permanence. Offered from Moises Valdes Gallery in a signed edition of 80 and presented in its included frame, this 2001 work represents a mature statement from an artist whose international profile has grown steadily through major institutional exhibitions across Europe and the Americas. Works of this scale and edition integrity from Fabelo's printmaking output seldom circulate outside established collections, making this an exceptional opportunity for collectors focused on Latin American modernism or the broader field of technically ambitious works on paper.
- Medium
- Engraving (copperplate)
- Sheet
- Framed
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Moises Valdes Gallery
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