Untitled, from Rectangular Background (Op. fondo rectangular)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1968
- Dimensions
- 38 × 56.5 cm (15 × 22 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Manuel Espinosa
Artist
Painting
Manuel Espinosa was an Argentine painter. He was a key figure of Argentine geometric abstraction and Concrete Art. After an early surreal-leaning phase, a 1943 encounter with Joaquín Torres-García pushed him toward rigorous non-figuration; in the mid-1940s he co-founded the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención in Buenos Aires. His mature work explores serial progressions of simple forms to create optical vibration and luminous depth.
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Untitled, from Rectangular Background (Op. fondo rectangular)
1932 · Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper
Record
Verified by Watts Index- Artist
- Manuel Espinosa
- Year
- 1968
- Dimensions
- 38 × 56.5 cm (15 × 22 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1968-100743
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified