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Roberto Diago — Desnudo
Roberto Diago

Desnudo

1943

"Desnudo" (Nude) by Roberto Diago is an oil on paper work mounted to board that exemplifies the artist's modernist approach to figuration. Diago, a Cuban artist associated with the Vanguardia movement, employs gestural brushwork and a restrained palette to explore the human form with both sensitivity and abstraction. The work demonstrates his characteristic synthesis of cubist and expressionist influences while maintaining an intimate engagement with the subject matter through his choice of intimate medium and scale.

Medium
oil on paper mounted to board

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Modern Discoveries

February 19, 2025

Estimate: $15,000$20,000

Lot 217

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Roberto Diago, Desnudo, 1943

"Desnudo" (Nude) by Roberto Diago is an oil on paper work mounted to board that exemplifies the artist's modernist approach to figuration. Diago, a Cuban artist associated with the Vanguardia movement, employs gestural brushwork and a restrained palette to explore the human form with both sensitivity and abstraction. The work demonstrates his characteristic synthesis of cubist and expressionist influences while maintaining an intimate engagement with the subject matter through his choice of intimate medium and scale.

Medium
oil on paper mounted to board
Year
1943
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Intimate, Sensual, 20th Century, Figure Study, Expressionism, Canvas, Oil Painting, Cuban Artist, Contemporary Art, Human Form

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