ID 821021
Lot 23 | Gonzalo Fonseca (1922-1997)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Palaeoxora
incised and dated 'Fonseca 61' (upper left)
painted, incised cement relief
25 1/4 x 32 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (64 x 83 x 5.4 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Provenance
Private collection, Portland.
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York.
Cecilia de Torres Ltd., New York.
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 26 May 2010, lot 64.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Portland, Portland Art Museum, Gonzalo Fonseca Recent Works, 14 December 1962 - 6 January 1963, no. 42 (illustrated).
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Mundos de Gonzalo Fonseca, 1994, p. 16, no 9 (illustrated).
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America, 20 June - 12 September 2004, p. 77, no. 8 (illustrated in color).
New York, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., A Latin American Metaphysical Perspective, October - December 2000.
| Artist: | Gonzalo Fonseca (1922 - 1997) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South America, Uruguay |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Gonzalo Fonseca (1922 - 1997) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South America, Uruguay |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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