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Leonel Góngora

Born : 1932Died : 1999Documented citizenships : Colombia

Leonel Góngora, born in Cartago, Colombia, developed a career spanning Latin America, Europe and the United States. Trained in Bogotá, he worked in Mexico City in the early 1960s and participated in the Nueva Presencia group. Periods in Italy and Mexico formed part of a career that also included many years of teaching in the University of Massachusetts art department.

Printmaking is an important strand of his work. MoMA holds several sheets from 1963, including an Untitled colour lithograph issued in an edition of twenty, together with Los siete pecados capitales of 1986. In Dublin, the Irish Museum of Modern Art owns Diana Etrusca, a screenprint of 1981. These collections document the continuity of his graphic practice and the range of techniques he employed over several decades.

This profile brings together identity references for Leonel Góngora and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

1auction reference

1auction house

Genève Enchères

References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales.

Works recorded at auction

Photograph : Genève Enchères · Enlarge image ↗

Genève Enchères · Lot 3467

Erotic scene

Oil on panel

Original catalogue wording

Scène érotique
huile sur panneau

Catalogue period : 2026-04-27

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

Estimate : CHF 400–600

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Sources and references

SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Profile updated : 2026-10-23