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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 1, 2016 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Contemporary Art, Part I | 657 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
sculpture
209.5 x 24.5 x 23.5 cm (82.48 x 9.65 x 9.25 in)
black marble of belgium
LAC, Lagorio Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, European
Private Collection
Carlo Pirovano, Carlo Pirovano, Atchugarry � Catalogo generale della scultura, Atchugarry � Catalogo generale della scultura, Mondadori Electa, Mondadori Electa, 2013, 2013, no. 246 with ill., no. 246 with ill., A magical combination of spirit, A magical combination of spirit, culture, culture, archetypical symbols and Latin American sensibility: these are the characteristics of the creations of the Uruguayan artist Pablo Atchugarry (born in Montevideo in 1954), archetypical symbols and Latin American sensibility: these are the characteristics of the creations of the Uruguayan artist Pablo Atchugarry (born in Montevideo in 1954), whose father Pedro introduced him to the world of painting from the time he was a young child., whose father Pedro introduced him to the world of painting from the time he was a young child., For Atchugarry � who relocated from Uruguay to distant Lecco in Italy in 1982 � marble represents a return, For Atchugarry � who relocated from Uruguay to distant Lecco in Italy in 1982 � marble represents a return, in a way, in a way, to the origins of the creative process, to the origins of the creative process, to a classical sculptural idea which has been updated and filtered through the interpretations of masters such as Bernini, to a classical sculptural idea which has been updated and filtered through the interpretations of masters such as Bernini, Canova, Canova, Rodin, Rodin, Arp, Arp, Moore, Moore, Brancusi, Brancusi, Picasso, Picasso, Hepworth, Hepworth, Bloc and others., Bloc and others., Since the early 1980s the artist has employed marble almost exclusively: he visits the sites where the quarrying of the stone takes place, Since the early 1980s the artist has employed marble almost exclusively: he visits the sites where the quarrying of the stone takes place, he selects the blocks, he selects the blocks, and proceeds with great care in the removal and reduction of the material, and proceeds with great care in the removal and reduction of the material, until that three-dimensional geometric mass, until that three-dimensional geometric mass, which had imprisoned the soul of his work, which had imprisoned the soul of his work, is erased., is erased., Through this process, Through this process, Atchugarry is doing nothing other than bestowing life and form to each soul as, Atchugarry is doing nothing other than bestowing life and form to each soul as, step by step, step by step, he creates ever clearer, he creates ever clearer, purer and more timeless structures., purer and more timeless structures., A leitmotif in his work is the clearly cubistic focus on the relationships between mass and space. Also a particularity of many Cubists was the gradual transition from the straight line, A leitmotif in his work is the clearly cubistic focus on the relationships between mass and space. Also a particularity of many Cubists was the gradual transition from the straight line, from which the characteristic prismatic decomposition originated, from which the characteristic prismatic decomposition originated, towards a curved line, towards a curved line, which became ever more unfettered from geometric theorisation. In the work of Atchugarry as well, which became ever more unfettered from geometric theorisation. In the work of Atchugarry as well, a progressive upward trend towards a formal elegance and refined sensibility is recognizable, a progressive upward trend towards a formal elegance and refined sensibility is recognizable, which would become a stylistic feature of the artist. Upward tension and verticality are additional constant features in the sculpture of Atchugarry; features that, which would become a stylistic feature of the artist. Upward tension and verticality are additional constant features in the sculpture of Atchugarry; features that, in their striving for purity and formal levity, in their striving for purity and formal levity, translate into flowing forms that hardly find a counterpart in reality., translate into flowing forms that hardly find a counterpart in reality., The mysterious elegance of the black marble, The mysterious elegance of the black marble, which is so deeply luminous, which is so deeply luminous, along with the vertical �lan and seeming levity of the material, along with the vertical �lan and seeming levity of the material, which recalls classical drapery folds � lend a rarity and a timelessness to this sculpture which is a perfect example of the elegant creativity of the artist., which recalls classical drapery folds � lend a rarity and a timelessness to this sculpture which is a perfect example of the elegant creativity of the artist.
