(CUBA) Group of 4 prints of Cuban sugar plantation laborers

Sale 2600 - Lot 299

Price Realized: $ 1,625

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

(CUBA.) Group of 4 prints of Cuban sugar plantation laborers from LaPlante's "Los Ingenios." 4 (of 28) chromolithographs, most about 12 1/2 x 17 1/2, the other trimmed with larger margins; mat toning, mount remnants in margins, laid down on modern board. Havana: Marquier y Laplante, [1857]

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These plates come from Justo Germán Cantero's book "Los Ingenios: Colección de Vistas de los Principales Ingenios de Azúcar de la Isla de Cuba," a work by a Cuban sugar plantation owner which is most often remembered for these gold-bordered plates by Eduardo LaPlante. Included here are 4 views of laborers (very likely enslaved) at work in field and factory: "Casa de Calderas del Ing'o S'n Martin"; "Ingenio Flor de Cuba"; "Ingenio de Amistad"; and "Ingenio Intrepido." We trace no complete copies of Cantero's work with text at auction since 1995 (which brought £10,350).