Property Sold to Benefit Print Center New York on its 25th Anniversary
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Carmen Herrera
Island
- Estimate
- $10,000 - 15,000
Lot Details
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
2020
I. 26 1/8 x 24 in. (66.4 x 61 cm)
S. 28 1/4 x 26 1/8 in. (71.8 x 66.4 cm)
S. 28 1/4 x 26 1/8 in. (71.8 x 66.4 cm)
Signed and numbered 20/23 in pencil on the reverse (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Bay Shore, New York, printed in the United States, unframed.
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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.