Lot 3457* - A209 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday, 20. June 2024, 02.00 PM
LUIS FEITO
(1929 Madrid 2021)
Untitled. 1962.
Gouache on paper.
Signed lower left: Feito.
53.5 × 74.5 cm.
Provenance:
- Galerie Felix Handschin, Basel (with the label on the reverse).
- Galerie Rämi, Zurich.
- Swiss collection, acquired from the above gallery by the present owner ca. 1990.
Our thanks to Antonio Cátedra Hernández of the Estate administration of Luis Feito for the confirmation of authenticity of the work, Madrid,18.4.2024.
"I started paying attention to paintings when I was a teenager. Art looked to me something so difficult, so impossible and so wonderful at the same time." Luis Feito
In 1953, the painter, graphic artist and sculptor Luis Feito travelled to Paris on a scholarship, where he met the leading exponents of Art Informel. He turned to the technique of spontaneous creation and increasingly experimented with materials such as sand and earth. Although Feito’s life centred on Paris for almost a quarter of a century from 1955, he remained in close contact with Spanish avant-garde artists such as Antonio Saura and Manuel Rivera. In 1957, he co-founded the artists' group "El Paso", which made a decisive contribution to the development of the Spanish art scene.
In the early 1960s, Feito's style was characterised by a muted colour palette of black, grey, white and ochre. As in this work, which shows an abstract composition, from 1961 Feito began to use more dramatic colours, in particular a strong red. From 1963 onwards, he worked towards an ever-greater reduction of form, minimising the use of materials and integrating circular elements into his artworks, which reflected his interest in Japanese culture. The continuous exploration of the relationships between surface textures, light, colour and form lends his works a mystical quality.
"I started paying attention to paintings when I was a teenager. Art looked to me something so difficult, so impossible and so wonderful at the same time." Luis Feito
In 1953, the painter, graphic artist and sculptor Luis Feito travelled to Paris on a scholarship, where he met the leading exponents of Art Informel. He turned to the technique of spontaneous creation and increasingly experimented with materials such as sand and earth. Although Feito’s life centred on Paris for almost a quarter of a century from 1955, he remained in close contact with Spanish avant-garde artists such as Antonio Saura and Manuel Rivera. In 1957, he co-founded the artists' group "El Paso", which made a decisive contribution to the development of the Spanish art scene.
In the early 1960s, Feito's style was characterised by a muted colour palette of black, grey, white and ochre. As in this work, which shows an abstract composition, from 1961 Feito began to use more dramatic colours, in particular a strong red. From 1963 onwards, he worked towards an ever-greater reduction of form, minimising the use of materials and integrating circular elements into his artworks, which reflected his interest in Japanese culture. The continuous exploration of the relationships between surface textures, light, colour and form lends his works a mystical quality.
CHF 15 000 / 20 000 | (€ 15 460 / 20 620)
Sold for CHF 11 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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