Antonio Saura (b. 1930)
Antonio Saura (b. 1930)

Rubiloba

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Antonio Saura (b. 1930)
Rubiloba
signed and dated 'SAURA '62' (centre); signed and dated 'SAURA, 62' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
63 3/4 x 51 1/4in. (162 x 130cm.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Sale room notice
This work is not signed and dated on the stretcher, as described in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

"The female body present in the majority of my pictures and drawings since 1954, often reduced to its most basic elements and subjected to every category of anomalous and monstrous treatments, could be considered an example of continuity, of the constant and affirmative presence of the human being in Spanish art. It is primarily a structural support for action in order not to loose oneself, not to be engulfed in uncontrolled pictorial activity where chaos and lack of moderation annul affirmation." (Antonio Saura cited in: exh. cat., Lugano, Museo d'Arte, Antonio Saura, 1994, p. 129)

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