Sergio Camargo - Latin America New York Thursday, May 29, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist
    Private Collection, Switzerland
    Private Collection, Europe

  • Artist Biography

    Sergio Camargo

    Brazilian • 1930 - 1990

    Sergio Camargo was a Brazilian artist known for his sculptures, wall-based reliefs and architectural commissions. Born in Rio de Janeiro, he studied in Buenos Aires and Paris before returning to Brazil in 1950 at which point he became familiar with the Constructivist movement. During the 1960s and 1970s his work became dominated by wooden, terracotta, marble and stone forms, cylindrical or cuboid in shape, jutting out in relief with geometric precision from monochrome white surfaces. The interjecting lines created across the white surfaces by shadow and light evoke the interplay of alternating modes of rationality and chaos, fullness and emptiness. The three-dimensional constructions are meticulous in their use of color and form, simultaneously minimalist in order and expansive in their study of volume and light.

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Untitled (Relief No. 273)

1970
painted wood
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (19.1 x 19.1 x 8.6 cm.)
Signed, inscribed and dated "70 273 Camargo" on reverse. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Galeria Raquel Arnaud, numbered 11443.

Estimate
$150,000 - 250,000 

Contact Specialist
Laura González
Head of Latin America Sale
lgonzalez@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1216

Latin America

New York Auction 29 May 2014 4pm