Cossette Zeno (1930 - )
Untitled, 1954
watercolour, pen and ink
8 1⁄2 x 5 in. (22 x 12.7 cm)
signed and dated
The sea is an important motif in the language of Zeno’s work, and this watercolour has an unmistakably subaqueous character. Zeno used to dive at the Escambrón Beach in Old...
The sea is an important motif in the language of Zeno’s work, and this watercolour has an unmistakably subaqueous character. Zeno used to dive at the Escambrón Beach in Old San Juan, and the depth and vastness of the water touched her life irreversibly. The mystery of the sea was for Zeno a tremendously liberating space, and is made manifest in the sensuous forms of her art.
Provenance
The Artist's Estate