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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 2, 2022 | Morton Casa de Subastas | Mexico City | Subasta de Arte Latinoamericano | Latin American Art Auction | 77 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
paintings
100 x 81 cm (39.37 x 31.89 in)
Oil on masonite
Signed and dated 66 on the front
RODOLFO NIETO
(Oaxaca, 1936 - Mexico City, 1985)
Untitled
Signed and dated 66 on the front
Oil on masonite
With certificate of opinion from Galería de Arte Mexicano, April 2022.
Provenance: private collection, Mexico.
Like other great Mexican painters such as Rufino Tamayo and Francisco Toledo, Rodolfo Nieto created his own artistic style and language, fusing his roots with the international currents that led him to be one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. He was an artist with a rebellious soul, so although he did not want to pursue an academic education, he followed the work of Carlos Orozco Romero and Santos Balmori with great fervor. His time in Europe strongly influenced his work, especially in the range of colors and abstract forms. Upon his return to Mexico, he expanded his experimentation with techniques, which enriched his artistic work. He also began to study pre-Hispanic art and popular culture, incorporating new structures into his work.
"Nieto tended to saturate his compositions, adhering to or surrounding the main image with countless elements that can be found irregularly geometric, such as frets or panels. He also tended to resort to very fine drippings, which always seem controlled, as if he were fleeing from emptiness." Teresa del Conde.
Sources consulted: MORENO VILLARREAL, Jaime. What was everything has to be nothing. Tribute to Rodolfo Nieto. Mexico. Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, 1995 and MARTÍNEZ LÁMBARRY, Margarita. The painting collection of the National Bank of Mexico. Volume II. Mexico. Grupo Financiero Banamex, 2002. pp. 199-200. 462 - 464.
100 x 81 cm
