Gunther Gerzsó (b. 1915)

Torso Var. 5

Details

Gunther Gerzsó (b. 1915)
Torso Var. 5
signed and dated 'Gerzo 71' lower right
graphite and sand on paper laid down ob board
16 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (41 x 32cm.)
Painted in 1971

Provenance

Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris
Private collection, Boston

Literature

O. Paz and J. Golding, Gerzsó, Editions du Griffon, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1973, p. 51 (illustration of La Mujer de la Jungla)

Sale room notice

The correct medium for this painting is graphite and sand on yellow paper laid down on heavy paper. The correct measurements are 15 1/2 x 11 3/4in. (39.4 x 30cm.)

Lot Essay

Torso is an earlier version of Gerzsó's monumental La Mujer de la Jungla, 1977, which depicts lunar deity Coyolxauhqui, sister of Aztec God Huizilopochtli. He slayed and dismembered her on the hill of Coatepec in revenge for conspiring against him before he was born.

Salomon Grimberg

Dallas, Sept. 1997