Sin Titulo By Juan Navarro Baldeweg b.1939

Precio normal $2,200.00

22" x 30"

This striking lithograph (Sin Título, 50/100) by Juan Navarro Baldeweg (Spanish, b. 1939) beautifully bridges the worlds of fine art and master-level architecture. Celebrated for his multi-disciplinary career—including major exhibitions at Madrid's famed Museo Reina Sofía and the Venice Biennale—the 1990 Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas winner brings a structural engineer's precision to the canvas, a skill refined during his early years as a research fellow at MIT. This piece arrives with an impeccable provenance from the estate of Dr. Charles Christopher Soufas (1948–2020), a distinguished Guggenheim Fellow and professor of Spanish literature whose lifelong devotion to Spain's avant-garde culture perfectly mirrors the intellectual spirit of this artwork. Driven by a lifelong fascination with how we experience light and gravity, Baldeweg constructs a fascinating visual conversation between crisp geometric discipline and free, organic sketching. The composition relies on a dramatic three-part layout: a bold, central white column is framed by two deep charcoal-gray fields, creating a powerful visual tension that plays with our sense of foreground and background. Within the dark sections, clean architectural outlines and dense, scribbled lines suggest the layered depth of a blueprint; in contrast, the central white column is alive with fluid, expressive movements rendered in a warm, terracotta-red ink. Hand-initialed "NB" in a soft, chalk-like crayon that preserves the intimate touch of the artist's hand, the print is float-mounted to display the natural, deckled edges of the fine paper. Housed in a minimalist black frame, the artwork itself is in excellent condition with sharp contrast, while the vintage frame shows minor, superficial wear consistent with age—offering a sophisticated, accessible, and deeply engaging statement piece for any collector.

Spain

20th Century