![Composición [Composition]](/internal/media/dispatcher/23507/preview)
Composición [Composition]
Primary
Juan Del Prete
(Vasto, Italy, 1897–Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Date1937
MediumOil on board
DimensionsSight: 12 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (31.8 × 19.8 cm)
Framed: 24 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (61.6 × 49.5 cm)
Framed: 24 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (61.6 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Judy S. and Charles W. Tate, 2016
Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number2016.100
On View
On viewLocations
Label Text- exhibition BMA, Gallery, C3 - Lowe Foundation Gallery
Composed of flat, geometric planes of color that overlap and intersect, this painting by Juan Del Prete predicts the hard-edge brand of geometric abstraction that would come to dominate Argentine art in the 1940s. Though Del Prete was a pioneer of geometric abstraction in Latin America, his brushwork often betrayed a more expressive sensibility. The painterly texture of Composición, with its uneven line, warm palette, and gentle gradations in tone, lends the composition an unusual intimacy.
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Francisco Matto
1958
Object number: 2004.172
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