El pintor de rodillas, 1983
Print : lithography · 74 x 53 cm 29.1 x 20.9 inch
€3,840
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Type
Print : numbered and limited to 200 copies
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Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed
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Hand-signed by artist
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lithography on paper
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
74 x 53 cm 29.1 x 20.9 inch Height x Width x Depth
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"El pintor de rodillas" (The Painter on His Knees), lithograph by Miquel Barceló (Felanitx, Mallorca, 1957), 1983, edition of 200. Sheet 74 x 53 cm. The print dates from the decisive moment of Barceló's international breakthrough: in 1982 he had been the revelation of Documenta 7 in Kassel, and in the following years he worked between Paris, Naples and New York. His paintings of that period turn obsessively on the figure of the painter at work – reading, in the studio, surrounded by books or crouched over a canvas laid on the floor – in an ironic and physical meditation on the act of painting. This image belongs fully to that celebrated series. Note: two impressions are available, 16/200 and 18/200, both in good condition; the image reproduced corresponds to another impression sold previously. An early and significant print by Spain's most internationally acclaimed living painter.
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Miquel Barceló, born in 1957 in Felanitx, on the island of Mallorca, is one of the most internationally renowned contemporary Spanish artists. Trained at the Palma School of Decorative Arts and then briefly at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, he began his career with the conceptual collective Taller Llunàtic. Influenced by art brut , neo-expressionism and major figures such as Antoni Tàpies , Jean Dubuffet and Jackson Pollock , he made his mark in the 1980s with a gestural and textured style, after a notable participation in Documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982.
Barceló's work is marked by constant experimentation with materials and formats. He works in painting, ceramics , drawing and sculpture with organic elements such as earth, sand or volcanic ash, often applied thickly to his canvases. His iconography evokes seascapes , caves or biblical scenes. His numerous stays in Africa, particularly in Mali, enriched his artistic universe, giving rise to emblematic series such as the African Notebooks. Among his major achievements are the decoration of the Sant Pere Chapel in Palma Cathedral in 2007 and the monumental dome of Room XX of the Palais des Nations in Geneva in 2008, a sculptural fresco of more than 1500 m².
Miquel Barceló has exhibited at major cultural institutions, including the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre, and the Museo Picasso Málaga. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Spanish National Prize for Plastic Arts and the Prince of Asturias Award. In 2024, he presented an exhibition dedicated to his relationship with the ocean at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco and was commissioned to design three monumental tapestries for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 2025. A multifaceted artist, his work, deeply rooted in nature and experimentation, remains one of the pillars of European contemporary art.
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