Signed Original SOR MARIA DE LA SALETTE Monotype “Parte de Mazurca de Delibes"

Description: “II PARTE DE MAZURCA DE DELIBES” SIGNED ORIGINAL COLOR MONOTYPE BY THE COSTA RICAN ARTIST SOR MARIA DE LA SALETTE (b.1925) This bold abstract monotype was created and hand painted by the Costa Rican artist Sister Maria De La Salette. It is an excellent example of the artist’s abstract work. The monotype is signed by the artist lower right: Salette RBP. There is a label on the reverse lower right with the title of the monotype: II PARTE DE MAZURCA DE DELIBES, and stamped on the reverse upper left: CASA PROVINCIAL DEL BUEN PASTOR. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Apartado 1985 – Telefono 25-15-04 (Provincial House of the Good Shepherd. San José, Costa Rica). Date created unknown, circa early 1980s. The monotype, painted on a heavy card stock paper, measures 19 7/16 x 13 3/16 inches (49.5 x 33.5 cm). The monotype comes unframed. PLEASE NOTE CONDITION: There is a mild handling crease near the left side center, otherwise the monotype is in very fine condition, with no evidence of any damage to the image. María Cristina Quirós Calvo (Sister Maria de la Salette) was surrounded by art since her childhood. Her father was a painter and at the age of 12 she was already a student of the master Francisco Amighetti. She decided to enroll in Fine Arts at the University of Costa Rica were she was an outstanding student. Her teacher Don Manuel de la Cruz González had praise for Sister Maria and dedicated an article in Pórtico to his former student: “…when comparing the artistic work of Sister Maria de la Salette we are faced with an incredible will to do, with an anxious restlessness that drives her to the inexorable, to search and to overcome… Sister Maria’s plastic eclecticism comes from her unconformable anxiety, from her inescapable desire to rise up to the Creator and like Fra Angelico, from her mystical purity and her Faith, thus captured in the eternal soul of an artist, she condemns herself to eternal dissatisfaction, free from accommodating conformisms before her work, for the conquest of new facts and paths between whose cracks her thirst to express herself overflows.” At the age of 22, she made the decision to begin her religious training. In several interviews, she was clear in stating that she never regretted her decision to give her life to religion: "I live happily with God. It is true that one deprives oneself of many things, but with great pleasure." Sister Maria de la Salette was a brave woman who created her work in a sincere manner, with passion and care, at a time when abstraction was just beginning to gain popularity. Her abstract work is very lyrical with a certain musicality in which the strokes seem like notes on a staff, full of force and movement. ___________________________________ ATTENTION! FULL REFUND GIVEN ONLY IF ITEM RECEIVED IS NOT AS DESCRIBED. PLEASE READ COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF ITEM BEFORE BIDDING ! I make every effort to describe the items I have up for auction with utmost care for detail and will also show close-up photos if necessary. If you have any questions at all in regards to the item offered, please contact me via email before bidding. SHIPPING INFORMATION: 1. I SHIP EVERY ITEM VIA USPS PRIORITY MAIL WITH INSURANCE AND WITH DELIVERY TRACKING NUMBERS. 2. INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS MUST EMAIL ME FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES BEFORE BIDDING! 3. BUYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHIPPING, HANDLING, INSURANCE, AND INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS FEES! Shipping prices quoted include proper packaging in corrugated box with bubble wrap and/or peanuts. Insurance is required on all items shipped. Buyers pay for insurance & shipping. I do not ship my items free. I ship via USPS PRIORITY MAIL and only for larger items I will ship via UPS. I will try my best to keep the shipping costs to a minimum, however, please be aware that I care about using the correct materials for proper packaging of the item so that it will arrive safe & sound. PAYMENT INFORMATION: Buyer to prepay shipping and insurance. PLEASE: Payment must be received within 2 business days. THANK YOU.

Price: 400 USD

Location: Portland, Oregon

End Time: 2025-01-02T00:43:42.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD