Property from a Distinguished American Collection
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Carmen Herrera
Green and Orange
- Estimate
- $2,000,000 - 3,000,000
$2,200,000
Lot Details
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated ""GREEN & ORANGE" Carmen Herrera 1958" on the reverse
60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.9 cm)
Painted in 1958.
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Carmen Herrera
Cuban / American | B. 1915 D. 2022Carmen Herrera is finally receiving long-deserved recognition for her arresting, hard-edge geometric compositions. Born in Cuba in 1915, Herrera has spent most of her life outside the island, permanently settling in New York in the mid-1950s. Herrera was formally trained as an architect at the Universidad de la Habana, and later completed studies at the Art Students League in New York from 1943 to 1945. During this time she became acquainted with key figures of postwar abstraction including Barnett Newman, whose work undoubtedly influenced Herrera's minimalist aesthetic.
Herrera's work is chiefly concerned with formal simplicity and experimentation with bold color. Through the use of sharp lines and stark color contrasts, she creates dynamic and technically sophisticated compositions that reflect movement, balance and symmetry.
Browse ArtistHerrera's work is chiefly concerned with formal simplicity and experimentation with bold color. Through the use of sharp lines and stark color contrasts, she creates dynamic and technically sophisticated compositions that reflect movement, balance and symmetry.