
Equilibrio
2017
Equilibrio, completed in 2017, presents Carmen Herrera's signature geometric precision in the intimate and demanding medium of intaglio, where every line and field of color must be earned through the resistance of the plate itself. The composition balances two or more discrete chromatic zones against a ground of white, embodying the tension between opposition and harmony that has defined Herrera's practice across eight decades. At 96.5 by 127 centimeters, the work commands a scale unusual for the medium, amplifying the visual weight of each form and demanding that the viewer reckon with the image as a spatial, almost architectural, event. Produced in a limited edition of 18 and hand-signed by the artist, Equilibrio carries the authority of Herrera's late-career recognition, a period in which her long-underappreciated contribution to hard-edge abstraction finally received its full institutional due. Published by Universal Limited Art Editions, a print workshop with a legacy of working alongside the most significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the work benefits from the exacting production standards that have made ULAE prints consistently sought after in both primary and secondary markets. The provenance is clean, the edition small, and the artist's market position increasingly secure following major retrospectives on both sides of the Atlantic. For collectors focused on geometric abstraction, Equilibrio offers something rare: a work that is simultaneously a rigorous formal statement and an emotionally resonant object. The intaglio process lends a subtle materiality to the color, a slight relief and depth that separates it from Herrera's painted canvases while remaining entirely faithful to her visual philosophy of reduction, balance, and clarity.
- Medium
- Intaglio
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Universal Limited Art Editions, Bay Shore, NY
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