Emilio Pettoruti (1892-1971) (Spanish Edition) Tapa dura - 2004

Buenos Aires: Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Fundación Pettoruti, La Marca editora, 2005. color port. frontis, color and b/w plates, cat., ind., bio/chron., black cloth boards, color pict. d.j. Pettoruti is considered to be a precursor to modern painting in Argentina. His work is related and is almost contemporary to that of the European movement, referring to maximums of cubism, futurismo and abstract painting. He opposed the impressionist characteristics and the prevailing regionalism in Buenos Aires of the period. Artist Luis Felipe Noé defined him as a classicist of the modernism, obsessed by order and the harmony. According to the critic Lopez Anaya, Pettoruti included/understood that everything was more conceptual than visual. The painting, according to its intentions, had to be construction and color. In October 1924, Pettoruti has his first show in Buenos Aires at the Witcomb Gallery, after eleven years away from his country. His work, decidedly avant-garde for the… Leer más

Buenos Aires: Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2005.. 4to. 256 pp. Very Good+. Hard Cover. Black cloth covered boards with embossed lettering. Dust Jacket Very Good, with some wear at top edge. Color and B&W plates throughout. From the library of Pasquale Iannetti, as indicated by stamp and library card on inner pages. Text in Spanish. ISBN: 9508890894 9789508890894.Heavy volume, additional shipping fee may apply.