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Born in Rosario in 1942, Adolfo Nigro developed his artistic education with teachers including Antonio Pujía, Víctor Magariños, Aurelio Macchi and Héctor Nieto. During his studies he also worked in several trades, including construction and metalworking. His practice extended the constructive universalism of Torres García while giving space to an imaginative world rooted in the Río de la Plata region. Water became an early thematic focus, subsequently joined by air and earth. Drawing, collage, painting, ceramics and tapestry allowed him to explore these concerns through different materials. His compositions have themselves been compared to tapestries. Exhibitions in Latin America, Europe and the United States brought this work before audiences beyond the region in which it developed.
This profile brings together identity references for Adolfo Nigro and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Piguet · Dobiaschofsky
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Acrylic
Adolfo Nigro (1942), \\Orilla\\, acrylique sur
acrylique
Catalogue period : 2011-10-05
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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"Labradores de la arena".
Acryl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 2500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3200
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Acrylic
Adolfo Nigro (1942), \\Retablo del mar\\, acrylique
acrylique
Catalogue period : 2011-06-22
Published result : 3800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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