Artist
Sandú Darié(Romanian, active Cuba, 1906–1991)Romanian, active Cuba, 1906–1991
CultureCuban
Titles
- Sin título (from the series Estructuras pictóricas)
- Untitled (from the series Pictorial Structures)
Date1956
MediumCasein on wood construction
Dimensions23 3/4 × 37 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (60.3 × 95.3 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2017 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction
Object number2018.86
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
Exposé
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
In these innovative wood constructions, Darié challenges the
rigidity of the grid by extending form and color beyond the frame. The artist uses
syncopated rhythms of squares and lines in primary colors, referencing Piet
Mondrian, to suggest movement across the work’s surface. Darié also includes physically
protruding wooden planes while superimposing circles and triangles onto the
orthogonal structure. These strategies create virtual depth and further push
the composition into the viewer’s space.
ProvenanceThe artist; Serafina Nuñez Ortiz; [Ignacio Pedronzo, Sammer Gallery, Miami, 2017]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in graphite, center bottom edge: DARIE
Verso: Signed and dated in graphite, left center: DARIE / 56
Verso: Signed and dated in graphite, left center: DARIE / 56
Recto: Signed in graphite, center bottom edge: DARIE
Verso: Signed and dated in graphite, left center: DARIE / 56
Verso: Signed and dated in graphite, left center: DARIE / 56
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