Guillermo Kuitca - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session New York Thursday, November 18, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
    Private Collection, Spain
    Sperone Westwater, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 1997

  • 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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House Plan with Blood Flow

signed, titled and dated ""HOUSE PLAN WITH BLOOD FLOW" Kuitca 1990" on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
61 1/4 x 36 1/2 in. (155.6 x 92.7 cm)
Painted in 1990.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $40,320

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session

New York Auction 18 November 2021