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Carlos Alberto Borbón Sartoresi
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Carlos Alberto Borbón Sartoresi
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Carlos Alberto Borbón Sartoresi

Costa Rican, 1936 - 2016
Place ActiveSan José, Costa Rica
Carlos Alberto Borbón Sartoresi was a Costa Rican artist who specialized in textured leathered art. Creating his art under the name Carbón, the artist was self- taught and created works using pyrography techniques on leather instead of the more common wood.