Guillermo Kuitca - Latin America New York Tuesday, November 22, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Ottawa
    Christie's, New York, Christie's East: Latin American Art, November 23, 1999, lot 95
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • 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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No. 17

initialed "K" lower right
oil on canvas
12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Painted in 1988.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $11,875

Contact Specialist
Kaeli Deane
Head of Sale, Latin American Art
New York
+1 212 940 1352

Latin America

New York Auction 22 November 2016