The artist and his wife pose in the sunlight on the balcony of the studio-workshop where Ramírez worked daily in the creation of new works, just across from the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, the seat of Spanish royal authority on the island for centuries. Despite its proximity to the Havana’s UNESCO-backed Office of the Historian of the City, the building collapsed several years ago and Ramírez had to abandon it entirely.
