FRANCISCO NARVÁEZ | La Guardiana

Acquired from the estate of the artist circa 1995 

Caracas, Sala Eugenio Mendoza, Maderas y Piedras Ochavadas de Francisco Narváez, 1970, n.n. 
Caracas, Galería de Arte Nacional, Francisco Narváez. Figuración y expresión (1930-1950). En el centenario de su nacimiento, 2005, n.n. 

The sculpture is in excellent condition. It exhibits minor dimensional movement in the wood that is typical of aged wood. No recent cracks, breaks or pest infestation was noted on the surface. The pigmented surface presents gentle wear in the form of minor rubbing of the surface with no significant abrasions or losses noted. The sculpture is structurally sound. (This condition report has been prepared courtesy of Wilson Conservation, LLC)
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“Within a tight framework, he carried out a series of sculptures which, through extremely pure volumes, highly harmonious lines and an accentuated schematic sense, exalted the nativist subject... in [these works] his strength, violence and subject simplification reach their highest purity.”  Arturo Uslar Pietri, Trayectoria de Francisco Narváez (exhibition catalogue), Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, 1976, p. 21