Untitled

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Object Details

Artist

Alberto Valdés, born El Paso, TX 1918-died Los Angeles, CA 1998

Exhibition Label

Valdés’s paintings from the early 1960s fuse interests in European modernism, and indigenous and modern Mexican art. The palette and forms of this untitled painting resemble the patchwork compositions of French artist Sonia Delaunay and the muted, earthy canvases of Mexican painters Rufino Tamayo and Ricardo Martínez. Untitled (about 1965) recalls Paul Klee’s paintings where line drawings appear against varied fields of color. The delicate drawing that animates Valdés’s creation brings to mind the intricate line patterns of sculptural reliefs found on Mesoamerican architectural structures.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David and Susan Valdés

Date

ca. 1960

Object number

2013.46.1

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Painting

Medium

acrylic on paper

Dimensions

10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33.0 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7492b413b-d011-439e-b69b-6f13ef5ed200

Record ID

saam_2013.46.1