Los Carpinteros is an artist’s collective that was founded in 1992 by Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés, Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez and Alexandre Arrechea. In 2003, Arrechea pursued his own artistic career, while Castillo and Rodríguez continued as a collective, based in Havana and Madrid. Their name, meaning “The Carpenters”, is attributed to the paintings and sculptures they made using self-taught carpentry techniques. They have exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the United States and their work is included in prestigious collections such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna. Their oeuvre explores the intersection between art and quotidian life by merging architecture, design, drawing and sculpture into conceptual works that negotiate the space between the functional and non-functional. Watercolors, such as the present lot, are used as a mock blueprint or technical draft that suggests the planning stages involved in the making of art, yet they function exquisitely on their own and have become recognizable worldwide.