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Gunther Gerzso (Mexican 1915-2000)
Lot 39

Gunther Gerzso (Mexican 1915-2000)

Verde-azul-blanco

Closed16 November 2011

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USD 182,500

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Gunther Gerzso (Mexican 1915-2000)
Verde-azul-blanco
signed and dated 'GERZSÓ 78' (lower right) signed and dated again and titled 'GERZSÓ III.-78, VERDE-AZUL-BLANCO' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36½ x 28 7/8 in. (92.7 x 73.3 cm.)
Painted in 1978.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

"I am an artist who expresses the irrational with very rational methods."

Gerzso, as quoted in Diana C. du Pont, "Gerzso: Pioneering the Abstract Mexico" in Diana C. Du Pont, et. al., Risking the Abstract: Mexican Modernism and the Art of Gunther Gerzso. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2003. 152.