Guillermo Kuitca - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Sperone Westwater, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    New York, Sperone Westwater, Guillermo Kuitca: Paintings 2008–2010, September 22–November 6, 2010, n.p. (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    Guillermo Kuitca

    Argentinian • 1961

    Guillermo Kuitca is an Argentinean child prodigy who held his first solo exhibition at age thirteen. He emerged as a painter during the 1980s, rejecting the neoexpressionist trend of the time. Yet his art is intellectually demanding, formally complex and relevant to the historical moment.

    Kuitca is influenced by Antoni Tápies, Francis Bacon, Jenny Holzer and Pina Bausch. His paintings denote total abstraction and deal with space, language, deat, and travel. His series of maps from the 1990s depicted on canvases and mattresses explore themes of disappearance, migration and the importance of memory. He rarely depicts humans, and his map paintings are difficult to decipher geographically, allowing viewers to meditate on the psychology of space.

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Untitled

signed and dated "Kuitca 2009" on the reverse
oil on linen
35 x 30 7/8 in. (88.9 x 78.4 cm)
Painted in 2009.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $21,590

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Specialist, Head of Sale, Afternoon Session
+1 212 940 1279
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023