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Carmen Herrera — Verde y Rojo for Studio
Carmen Herrera — Verde y Rojo for Studio
Carmen Herrera — Verde y Rojo for Studio
Carmen Herrera — Verde y Rojo for Studio
Carmen Herrera — Verde y Rojo for Studio
Carmen Herrera

Verde y Rojo for Studio

2019

Verde y Rojo for Studio distills Carmen Herrera's lifelong pursuit of geometric precision into two fields of saturated color, their boundary drawn with the kind of exacting clarity that has defined her practice across seven decades. Produced in 2019 as a silkscreen on hand-torn Coventry Rag, the work balances the mechanical exactitude of printmaking against the tactile, irregular edge of the paper, creating a quiet tension between control and the natural behavior of materials. The composition is characteristic of Herrera's mature language, where green and red are not simply complementary opposites but active forces held in sustained equilibrium, each asserting its presence without overwhelming the other. Herrera, who spent much of her career working in relative obscurity before receiving widespread institutional recognition well into her nineties, is now celebrated as one of the most consequential abstract painters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Her work is held in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, and her late-career visibility has only deepened critical appreciation for the rigorous intelligence that underpins even her most apparently spare compositions. Verde y Rojo for Studio carries that weight lightly, offering a work of genuine formal authority in a highly accessible format. This impression is part of a limited edition of 28, each signed by the artist, making it a rare opportunity to acquire a work that connects directly to Herrera's hand and to a body of work that continues to grow in scholarly and market significance. The hand-torn edges of the Coventry Rag add a unique dimension to each print within the edition, ensuring that no two impressions are wholly identical.

Medium
Silkscreen on hand torn Coventry Rag
Sheet
Signed
Yes
Location
Lougher Contemporary, Bristol

For Sale — £6000

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Carmen Herrera, Verde y Rojo for Studio, 2019

Verde y Rojo for Studio distills Carmen Herrera's lifelong pursuit of geometric precision into two fields of saturated color, their boundary drawn with the kind of exacting clarity that has defined her practice across seven decades. Produced in 2019 as a silkscreen on hand-torn Coventry Rag, the work balances the mechanical exactitude of printmaking against the tactile, irregular edge of the paper, creating a quiet tension between control and the natural behavior of materials. The composition is characteristic of Herrera's mature language, where green and red are not simply complementary opposites but active forces held in sustained equilibrium, each asserting its presence without overwhelming the other. Herrera, who spent much of her career working in relative obscurity before receiving widespread institutional recognition well into her nineties, is now celebrated as one of the most consequential abstract painters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Her work is held in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, and her late-career visibility has only deepened critical appreciation for the rigorous intelligence that underpins even her most apparently spare compositions. Verde y Rojo for Studio carries that weight lightly, offering a work of genuine formal authority in a highly accessible format. This impression is part of a limited edition of 28, each signed by the artist, making it a rare opportunity to acquire a work that connects directly to Herrera's hand and to a body of work that continues to grow in scholarly and market significance. The hand-torn edges of the Coventry Rag add a unique dimension to each print within the edition, ensuring that no two impressions are wholly identical.

Medium
Silkscreen on hand torn Coventry Rag
Dimensions
sheet: 52.5 x 66 cm
Year
2019
Edition
of 28
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Lougher Contemporary, Bristol

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