Mathias Goeritz - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Tel Aviv
    Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above)
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006

  • Artist Biography

    Mathias Goeritz

    Mexican • 1915 - 1990

    German-born artist Mathias Goeritz studied Philosophy and Art History in Berlin. He immigrated to Mexico in 1949, by which time he had already built a career as a modern artist and architect. He was influenced by the European artistic tendencies of the time, from modernist movements such as Group Zero to artists including Yves Klein and Lucio Fontana.

    Goeritz's transference of knowledge exposed Mexico to the larger international art world, thus greatly contributing to the trajectory of Mexican art. He developed the concept of emotional architecture — where architecture is not overpowered by functionality but engages humankind with beauty, creating an emotive response. This concept would give artists in Mexico an alternative to the overarching influence of the national mural movement, and is exemplified in one of Goeritz's most significant works, El Museo Experimental el Eco.

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Clouage

signed with the artist's initials, indistinctly dedicated, inscribed and dated "MG. For [...] 1979 (DENVER-JERUSALEM)" on the reverse
punctured metal sheet on painted wood
25 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (65.1 x 20.6 cm)
Executed in 1979.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023