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Iberic
2021
Overview
With its lyrical composition of interwoven irregular forms in black, orange, and red, Carmen Herrera's Iberic painting oscillates, in terms of its abstraction, between the geometric and the organic. Herrera painted this tondo-shaped work during a formative period in Paris between 1948 and 1954, when she experimented with different modes of abstraction and exhibited at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles alongside established artists such as Theo van Doesburg, Max Bill, and Josef Albers. While most of her works from that time reflect the strong influence of the European avant-garde--from Suprematism to the Bauhaus--the inspiration for Iberic came instead from her encounter with the work of the Cuban artist Wifredo Lam, a close friend. Herrera's output during this period has also been associated with that of the Cuban modernist Amelia Peláez, particularly its sensuality and forceful color.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The
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