Pierrot
[1942]
Pierrot
[1942]
In 1957 Saura began his Crucifixion series, a symbol for him of the “timeless presence of suffering“.
Antonio Saura applied action painting to the face and to traditional Spanish themes. The painter spoke of a “battlefield“ when describing his pictorial practice. With the near-desperate vigour of its touches, Crucifixion 12 doubles the intensity of the powerfully contrasted black and white. For Saura living in Franco1s Spain, the image of the crucified Christ was “the tragic symbol of our time“•
| Domain | Sculpture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Terre cuite polychromée, socle en bois peint |
| Dimensions | 62,5 x 32 x 8 cm |
| Acquisition | Achat, 1991 |
| Inventory no. | AM 1991-185 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Alexandre Archipenko
(1887, Empire Russe - 1964, États-Unis) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Pierrot |
| Creation date | [1942] |
| Domain | Sculpture |
| Techniques | Terre cuite polychromée, socle en bois peint |
| Dimensions | 62,5 x 32 x 8 cm |
| Inscriptions | S.B. : de la jambe gauche : Archipenko |
| Acquisition | Achat, 1991 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
| Inventory no. | AM 1991-185 |
By the same artist
Bibliography
Archipenko (Alexandre).- Archipenko, Fifty creative years, 1908-1958 .- New York, Teckhne, 1960 (reprod. coul. pl. 5 (Private Coll. Darmstadt, Germany) et dessin pl. 265)
Barth (Anette).- Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, t.2 .- Frankfurt/Berlin, Peter Lang, 1997 (cat. n° 269, cit. p. 454, reprod. p. 455) . N° isbn 3-631-49277-4
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