More than 120 works of Colombian and Latin American

More than 120 works of Colombian and Latin American, modern and contemporary art at auction in the Colombian capital

Celebrating 10 years of Bogotá Auctions, Thursday, May 30

Exhibition of the pieces, open to the public, free entry, Calle 70 # 10 A – 59 Monday to Friday from 11 am to 6 pm and Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm. And at https://www.bogotaauctions.com/es
Works by Fernando Botero, Beatriz González, Alejandro Obregón, Olga de Amaral, Delcy Morelos, Luis Caballero, Jesús Rafael Soto, Fernando de Szyszlo, Darío Morales, Álvaro Barrios, Luis Luna, Maripaz Jaramillo, Antonio Caro, Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Luciano Jaramillo , Édgar Negret, Gonzalo Ariza, Jim Amaral, Juan Antonio Roda, Saturnino Ramírez, Manuel Hernández, Enrique Grau, Jesús María Zamora, Guillermo Wiedemann, Nadín Opsina, Leo Matiz, Omar Rayo, Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo, Pedro Alcántara Herrán, Ricardo Gómez Campuzano , Leopoldo Richter, Freda Sargent, Bernardo Salcedo, Hugo Zapata, among other great artists.
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It is also worth noting a group of multiples and graphics by great names in universal art. Within this group, an original ceramic by Pablo Picasso, the great father of universal modern art, whose work is extremely scarce in Colombia, stands out – titled “Taureau sous l'arbre” and dated 1952. Another highlight of the section is the imposing engraving by Joan Miró "The nymphomaniac president", very representative of his peculiar style, alongside which pieces by such decisive artists as Alexander Calder, Robert Motherwell or Rufino Tamayo also stand out.

Next Thursday, May 30 at eight pm, more than 120 works of Colombian and Latin American art, modern and contemporary, will be auctioned at the first auction house in Colombia, Bogotá Auctions, which in 2024 celebrates 10 years of existence , a decade of professionalization, experience, transparency and commitment that has led it not only to build a network of faithful national and international collectors, both private and institutional, but also to impeccably fulfill its task as a promoter of the art market and as platform to place Colombia on the world auction scene.

On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, Bogotá Auctions has prepared a very special auction. The catalog takes up the traditional format of auctions: a selection of pieces based on a high level of quality and historical-artistic criteria. On this occasion, the complex stands out for the presence of a high number of pieces of great historical value, belonging to different periods. Works by Fernando Botero, Beatriz González, Alejandro Obregón, Olga de Amaral, Delcy Morelos, Pablo Picasso, Luis Caballero, Joan Miró, Jesús Rafael Soto, Fernando de Szyszlo, Darío Morales, Álvaro Barrios, Luis Luna, Maripaz Jaramillo, Antonio Caro, Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Luciano Jaramillo, Édgar Negret, Gonzalo Ariza, Jim Amaral, Juan Antonio Roda, Saturnino Ramírez, Manuel Hernández, Enrique Grau, Rufino Tamayo, Jesús María Zamora, Guillermo Wiedemann, Nadín Ospina, Leo Matiz, Omar Rayo, Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo, Pedro Alcántara Herrán, Ricardo Gómez Campuzano, Leopoldo Richter, Freda Sargent, Bernardo Salcedo, Hugo Zapata, among other great artists.

According to Alessandro Armato, expert director of the Art Department of Bogotá Auctions, “the landscape section, a genre through which modern art entered Colombia, includes pieces from different periods and styles: from the most traditional landscaping by artists such as Jesús María Zamora and Ricardo Gómez Campuzano, to the sophisticated “modernist” landscapes of Marco Ospina and Antonio Barrera.

The generation of nationalist artists active in the first half of the last century is represented by a beautiful watercolor with Cezannian resonances by Carlos Correa, dated between 1940 and 1950, two works by Pedro Nel Gómez (a basket of mangoes and a large canvas with a native theme ) and three works, two on a popular subject and one neopre-Hispanic, by Luis Alberto Acuña. To art with a nationalist mood, we can also associate a sumptuous female nude on a landscape background by Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo and the synthetic “Pensador” by Jorge Elías Triana.

Among the generation of the great masters of Colombian modernism, Enrique Grau's Bound Christ stands out, an important work from the artist's formative period. Of this piece, Alejandro Obregón said that it has "extraordinary vigor" and that it is "a noble painting due to its direct interpretation and the plasticity of its values." Very rare on the market and of charming beauty is an African American woman painted in oil by Guillermo Wiedemann in 1955. Due to the elegance of the line and constructive and pictorial values, the piece reflects the best results achieved by the German artist in his original plastic interpretation. of the Colombian tropics.

Charlotte Pieri, general director of Bogotá Auctions highlights “a study by Fernando Botero entitled “Homage to Mantegna”, which must be put in relation to the homonymous canvas, now lost, with which the artist won the 10th National Salon of Artists in 1958. . The section also includes an iconic head on paper by Enrique Grau from 1960 and a striking acrylic on panel by Alejandro Obregón that in a few square centimeters concentrates all the dynamism, the fiery lyricism of color and the compositional wisdom that characterizes this artist's painting. . To this group of works we can also associate a large abstractionist canvas from the seventies by the Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo, who, together with Alejandro Obregón and a few other artists, was one of the great innovators of Latin American plastic art after the Second World War. .

The notable generation of masters that emerged around the mid-sixties around the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, then directed by Marta Traba, is represented by some pieces of absolute value. ““Encajera-ave” by Beatriz González stands out, the work with the highest starting price of the entire auction (250 million Colombian pesos). Made in 1964 and exhibited that same year at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá, this large abstract painting (100 x 70 cm) is inspired by a work by Vermeer and bears witness to a period in which the artist studied how to appropriate, in a personal way, of works by great masters of the past", indicates Armato who continues to make "a mention is also necessary for the monumental oil on canvas from Luis Caballero's formative period, in which expressionist gestures, synthetic forms and pop colors coexist. Along with Caballero, the presence of two works by Darío Morales, an essential reference for drawing and sculpture in Colombia, several pieces by Emma Reyes, which bear witness to different moments in the career of this very strong artist in the market, is also noted. and an oil painting by Freda Sargent.”

The auction also includes the two main exponents of textile art in Colombia: Olga de Amaral, of whom a tapestry is presented; and Marlene Hoffmann, an artist recently included in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition in New York «Crafting Modernity. Design in Latin America, 1940–1980 », who she participates with the works « Structure Espigas » (1970s) and « Cascada » (1991-92). The aspect of geometric art is well represented by canvases by Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar and Manolo Vellojín, studies by Omar Rayo and Fanny Sanín, and a multiple of the “Escrituras” series by the Venezuelan Jesús Rafael Soto, leader of the ranks of Latin American kineticism. The section of primitivist or naive art – an important current of modern art, which in Latin America has a conspicuous tradition – includes works by Noe León, Sofía Urrutia, Marcial Alegría, Leonor Alarcón, along with a youthful work by Pedro Alcántar, which is distinguished by the particular candor that surrounds him. Coming to the contemporary section, we note the presence of an oil painting by Delcy Morelos, an artist whose prices skyrocketed after his successful participation in the last Venice Biennale, a video installation by José Alejandro Restrepo, alongside pieces by already established names. such as Wilson Díaz, Fredy Serna, Nohemí Pérez, Mariana Varela and Alberto Baraya.

Among the pieces to be auctioned, Charlotte Pieri highlights “also a group of multiples and graphics by great names in universal art. Within this group, an original ceramic by Pablo Picasso, the great father of universal modern art, whose work is extremely scarce in Colombia, stands out – titled “Taureau sous l'arbre” and dated 1952. Another highlight of the section is the imposing engraving by Joan Miró “The nymphomaniac president”, very representative of his peculiar style, alongside which pieces by such decisive artists as Alexander Calder, Robert Motherwell or Rufino Tamayo also stand out.”
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