Genève Enchères · Lot 350
Untitled
Gouache
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Sans titre
gouache
Catalogue period : 2021-12-09
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Agustín Cárdenas
Born : 1927Died : 2001Documented citizenships : Cuba
Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), trained at Havana’s San Alejandro academy, settles in France in 1955 and joins André Breton’s Surrealist circle. His sculpture explores passages between bodies, plant forms and abstract volumes through wood, bronze and marble. The choice of material contributes to the particular presence of each sculptural form.
At the Centre Pompidou, a small untitled sculpture of around 1955 combines a cylindrical wooden body with a cup and two rings carved from the surrounding material. It belongs to the ensemble of André Breton’s studio wall, as does Oiseau connu, a bronze of 1956 on a wooden base. Colonne en fleurs I, made in mahogany in 1973 and preserved at the Musée d’Art moderne de Paris, extends this relationship between an upright form and suggestions of living things.
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Genève Enchères · Lot 358
Abstract composition in grey, black and white
India ink and ink wash on paper
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Composition abstraite en gris, noir et blanc
encre de Chine et lavis d'encre sur papier
Catalogue period : 2021-12-09
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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