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Antonio Segui (Argentine, b. 1934)
Ciegos en el jardin, 1980
Oil pastel and charcoal on canvas
36 1/5 in × 25 3/5 in (92 cm × 65 cm)
Signed dated -80 lower left
Antonio Segui, today known as a master painter and printmaker,
had to be convinced by Ernesto Farina to abandon his career in
law for one in the arts. Though he began working in conceptual
and expressionist veins, Segui eventually turned towards Art
Informel. Influenced by Fernand Leger and Diego Rivera, Segui
began to use his artwork as social criticism and satire. He became
best known for his images of cities and their inhabitants, rendered
in a flat style. Segui’s paintings often feature a recurring character
—an urban passerby in an overcoat and hat—meant to represent
the anonymous everyman, though many have suggested it may
be a loose self-portrait. His compositions are sometimes layered
with many overlapping figures and buildings, such that patterns
emerge from the compositional chaos.
Provenance:
Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LATIN AMERICAN ART, 24 nov 1998,
Illustrated on page 159 of the catalog Sotheby's
New York, NY, United States///
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