Lot 533
  • 533

MANOLO VALDÉS | Caballero I (Fondo Verde)

Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Manolo Valdés
  • Caballero I (Fondo Verde)
  • signed on the reverse
  • oil on stitched burlap collage 
  • 90 1/4 by 74 1/2 in. 229.2 by 189.2 cm.
  • Executed in 2008.

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. All collage and fabric elements appear to be secure and intact. The elements of fabric collage show visible fraying throughout, inherent to the artist's working method and chosen medium. There are fiber and dust accretions visible throughout the surface and within the crevices, most likely from the time of execution. Framed under Plexiglas.
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Catalogue Note

“Beyond representation or abstraction, beyond the references to informalism or to the Pop esthetic, what defines and distinguishes Valdés’ work is its compositional structure, its syntax in creating images, in its confrontation between color and material, between form and construction, between line and texture, between melancholy lyric and arte povera atmosphere.” Exh. Cat., Guggenheim Bilbao, Manolo Valdés: Painting and Sculpture, 2002, p. 36