Untitled

Alberto Valdés, Untitled, ca. 1965, mixed media on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David and Susan Valdés, 2013.46.2
Copied Alberto Valdés, Untitled, ca. 1965, mixed media on canvas, 13 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in. (34.3 x 34.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David and Susan Valdés, 2013.46.2

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Artist
Date
ca. 1965
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
13 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in. (34.3 x 34.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of David and Susan Valdés
Mediums
Mediums Description
mixed media on canvas
Classifications
Object Number
2013.46.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2013.46.2

Artwork Description

Description in Spanish

Los cuadros de Valdés de principios de los años sesenta muestran cómo fusionó sus intereses en el modernismo europeo, el arte indígena y el arte mexicano moderno. La paleta y las formas de Untitled (alrededor de 1960) se asemejan a las composiciones de la artista francesa Sonia Delaunay y los lienzos sutiles de tonos terrestres de los pintores mexicanos Rufino Tamayo y Ricardo Martínez. Untitled (alrededor de 1965) evoca las pinturas de Paul Klee donde aparecen dibujos lineales sobre campos de colores variados. El dibujo delicado que anima la obra de Valdés evoca los intrincados motivos de los relieves esculturales que se encuentran en las estructuras arquitectónicas mesoamericanas.

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