Carmen Herrera - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, January 23, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    Carmen Herrera

    Cuban / American • 1915

    At the age of 101, Carmen 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.

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Rojo y Negro (Red and Black)

1993
Screenprint in red and black, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 40.8 x 32.9 cm (16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
S. 55.7 x 48 cm (21 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

Signed, titled, dated and annotated 'A/P' in pencil (one of approximately 25 artist's proofs, the edition was 200), published by Miami Press, Florida, unframed.

Estimate
£1,200 - 1,800 

Sold for £5,250

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 24 January 2019