Untitled
1976
This is an early work by the Cuban American artist Carlos Alfonzo, created in 1976. The piece features a dense, all over composition of interlocking figures and symbols, including a crown and stars, rendered in bold black ink. This drawing showcases the foundational elements of the artist's unique visual vocabulary that he would continue to develop throughout his career.
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
Notes
This piece might be created in 1976
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Wifredo Lam
Cuban · b. 1902
Lam created densely packed compositions of interlocking figures, symbols, and hybrid forms rendered in bold black ink and paint, rooted in Cuban and Afro-Caribbean visual traditions. His work shares the same all over figural density and symbolic vocabulary seen in this early Alfonzo drawing.
Emilio Cruz
American · b. 1938
Cruz produced dense, energetic ink and painted compositions filled with interlocking figurative and symbolic forms that recall ritualistic imagery and personal mythology. His drawings share the bold black linework and compressed all over figure arrangements present in this Alfonzo piece.
Juan Roberto Diago
Cuban · b. 1920
Diago created raw, expressively charged compositions that merged Afro-Cuban iconography with bold black graphic mark making on paper and canvas. His dense symbolic figuration and use of stark ink closely parallels the visual language Alfonzo was building in this 1976 work.
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