DepartmentLatin America

Helado de Mango

NamePainting

Artist Roberto Domingo Gil Esteban (naive painter, Cienfuegos, Cuba)

Date2012

Place madeCienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba, Caribbean

MediumLinen canvas, gesso, acrylic paint

Dimensions19 11/16 × 23 5/8 in. (50 × 60 cm) (canvas size, unstretched)

Credit LineGift of Roberto Gil Esteban

Terms

Cienfuegos

Object numberA.2012.77.1

DescriptionBrightly colored painting of a man selling mango (orange colored) ice cream cones from a cart with Helado de Mango on the side. A line of three people hold yellow paper money in exchange. On rooftops behind, two men and a girl sit or lie and enjoy their cones. Four cats, two roosters, an airplane and another animal populate the scene. Signed lower proper left (lower right corner) "Roberto".