Woven fiber mosaic on canvas, a diptych, signed and inscribed to the verso, gallery wrapped canvas.

48 x 48 in. (each panel)

Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

José Fumero was born in Havana and emigrated from Cuba with his family just before his fifth birthday. He studied at the City College of New York and the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. After college, Fumero moved to North Carolina where he designed jacquard upholstery fabrics for cars and airplanes.

In 1956, Fumero met Herb Cohen, a potter and sculptor in Hickory, North Carolina. The couple eventually settled in Blowing Rock in 1972 and committed themselves to producing art full time.

Fumero has exhibited at the Mint Museum in Charlotte; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem; Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy; and numerous other museums and galleries throughout the Southeast.

Good estate condition.