http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=1982.1249&output=atom <![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> 2024-03-28T04:54:38-05:00 Omeka http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2768 <![CDATA[El guitarrista [The Guitarist]]]> Like many Argentine artists of his generation, Pablo Curatella Manes lived in Europe and immersed himself in the avant-garde. His admiration for both Renaissance art and Cubist sculpture led him to find his own artistic voice. In The Guitarist, one of his first Cubist works, Curatella Manes transformed musician and instrument into a series of clearly defined yet simplified geometric solids. The artist sought a modern classicism, balancing figuration and abstraction, solidity and movement. The apparent heaviness of the bronze makes the figure stable, while the distribution of volumes follows a syncopated rhythm that reinforces the musical theme.]]> 2017-06-16T17:01:32-05:00

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Creator

Pablo Curatella Manes

Title

El guitarrista [The Guitarist]

Date Created

1921 - 1924

Spatial Coverage

34.3 cm x 22.5 cm x 18.4 cm (13 1/2 in. x 8 7/8 in. x 7 1/4 in.)

Identifier

1982.1249

Medium

Bronze with black patina

Description

Like many Argentine artists of his generation, Pablo Curatella Manes lived in Europe and immersed himself in the avant-garde. His admiration for both Renaissance art and Cubist sculpture led him to find his own artistic voice. In The Guitarist, one of his first Cubist works, Curatella Manes transformed musician and instrument into a series of clearly defined yet simplified geometric solids. The artist sought a modern classicism, balancing figuration and abstraction, solidity and movement. The apparent heaviness of the bronze makes the figure stable, while the distribution of volumes follows a syncopated rhythm that reinforces the musical theme.

Rights Holder

Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1982

Date

La Plata, Argentina, 1891 - 1962, Buenos Aires

Type

sculpture

Has Version

http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/1982.1249.zif

Requires

15035
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