Hugo França

Sotheby's New York, June 12, 2009, lot 1
Private Collection
Sotheby's New York, June 9, 2022, lot 497
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Evelise Grunow, Hugo França: The Story of the Tree, New York, 2008, pp. 18 (for a related example)

Working with salvaged fallen trunks from the south Bahia rainforest in eastern Brazil, Hugo França harnesses the natural power and presence of colossal pequi trees and translates it into superbly sculpted forms. Motivated by what he calls "minimum intervention," França's designs expand upon the indigenous practices of the Pataxó Indians of the region, with whom he studied woodworking for over ten years.