This evocative work by renowned Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo, titled "Juegos de Ventanas" (Window Games), showcases his mastery of merging surreal figurative drawing with found imagery. The piece features a series of distorted, window-like apertures containing haunting, anthropomorphic figures and faces, meticulously drawn over a photographic base. Fabelo’s characteristic use of grotesque yet delicate forms explores themes of human nature, voyeurism, and the subconscious. The interplay between the chemical textures of the photograph and the artist’s precise linework creates a layered, dreamlike atmosphere typical of his contemporary style.

The lower margin contains a lengthy, handwritten inscription in Spanish that serves as both a title and a technical notation of the collaboration involved in the base image. The work is professionally matted and housed in a dual-toned silver and wood frame.

Inscription Transcription

The Spanish text at the bottom of the image (as seen in detail k3) reads:

"Sobre una base fotográfica de Julio Bello. 'Juegos de Ventanas' Fabelo / 92"

Translation: "Over a photographic base by Julio Bello. 'Window Games' Fabelo / 92"

Specifications

• Artist: Roberto Fabelo (Cuban, B.1950)

• Title: "Juegos de Ventanas"

• Medium: Mixed media drawing (ink and wash) over a photograph by Julio Bello

• Year: 1992

• Dimensions: 27 x 23 inches (Framed)

• Condition: Excellent; the mixed media remains vibrant with no signs of fading or silvering to the photographic base.

• Keywords: Roberto Fabelo, Cuban Art, Contemporary Latin American Art, Mixed Media, Surrealism, Julio Bello, Portraiture, 1990s Art.