Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973)


Manolete signed 'Porfirio Salinas' (lower left) and inscribed with title 'Manolete' (upper right)oil on canvas24 x 20inPainted circa 1935.
|ProvenanceThe artist.Mr. Raymond Brown, Texas, (probably) acquired from the above, circa early 1940s.Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1983.The present work was painted circa 1935 and portrays the world famous Spanish matador Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (1917–1947), better known as Manolete. He rose to prominence shortly after the Spanish Civil War and is considered by some to be the greatest bullfighter of all time.