Lot 112
  • 112

Claudio Bravo (1936 - 2011)

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description

  • Claudio Bravo
  • White Package
  • signed lower left and dated MCMLXIX lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 31 7/8 by 25 1/2 in.
  • 80.9 by 64.8 cm
  • Painted in 1969.

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, New York, The Latin American Sale, June 2, 1999, lot 38, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Mexico City
Private Collection, Miami

Exhibited

Miami, Bass Museum of Art, Claudio Bravo, White Packages, November 13, 1997-January 11, 1998, no. 8, p. 42,  illustrated

Condition

This early work by the artist shows no retouches, except possibly a spot or two on the extreme edges. The work has probably never been cleaned, and perhaps a very light careful cleaning would improve the surface. There are no damages or retouches to the picture proper. The only area which is slightly inconsistent is the blue in the sky in the lower right, which shows a few lighter blue marks, but these do not seem to be retouches. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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Catalogue Note

"I think that I was originally inspired to do these pictures after looking at some works by Antoni Tàpies, whom I greatly admired. He'd done paintings with string that resembled wrapped objects. Rothko's work was also instrumental, but in a more indirect way. Yes, there's some mystery in the wrapped packages, but what I really wanted to paint was the wrapping. I wanted to give a sense of trompe-l'œil tactility. I'm constantly realistic...even when I painted my few abstract pictures there was always a sense of geology about them...volcanoes, mountains, large landscapes were suggested." 
Claudio Bravo in Edward Sullivan, Claudio Bravo, Rizzoli, New York, 1985, p. 36-37