José Júlio Calasans Neto (1932–2006) - Sirenas

Two works: Title: Calazans Neto (Brazil, 1932-2006) - Mermaid / Iemanjá - Unique Monotype, 1993 Description: Unique monotype (1/1) signed in pencil and dated "93" by Calazans Neto, a pivotal figure of Bahian modernism. On a sea of waving green fringes, a mermaid with floating hair and a nearly black purple tail arches in full motion. It is a direct image from the imagination of Iemanjá, the orixá of the sea, who in Salvador gathers candomblé, popular devotion, and syncretism with the Virgin, and on February 2 flowers and gifts are offered to her in the sea. Calazans Neto was born in Salvador, trained as an architect, and belonged to the generation of Carybé and Mário Cravo, who gave visual form to the Afro-Brazilian identity of the city. His frank gesturality, with visible brushstrokes and irregular margins, and his palette of greens, purples, and ochres are instantly recognizable. Provenance: on the back there is the adhesive of the III Ibero-American Conference, Scientific Conference "Science and Technology for the Sustainable Development of Ibero-America", Salvador (Bahia), July 4–7, 1993, the same year the work was executed. FICHA 2 Title: Calazans Neto (Brazil, 1932-2006) - Mermaid with flowers - Monotype, 1993 Description: Monotype signed in pencil and dated "93" by Calazans Neto. A mermaid with her back turned, in golden ochres, lounges on a tail of purple scales, between intense green and turquoise blue sea speckled with violet flowers. It is the most decorative and luminous of the series, and recalls the Bahian tradition of offering flowers to Iemanjá, the orixá of the sea, protagonist of the popular February 2 festival in Salvador. Calazans Neto, architect by training and fellow contemporary of Carybé and Mário Cravo, translated to his graphic work the universe of bodies, sea, and Afro-Brazilian mythology of his hometown into his art. Provenance: on the back there is the adhesive of the III Ibero-American Conference, Scientific Conference, Salvador (Bahia), July 4–7, 1993. Certified shipment and good packaging.

Estimate:£760.6

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