Andrew Michael Dasburg

(American, 1887-1979)

Cordillera

, 1968

pen and ink on paper

signed Dasburg and dated (lower left)

16 1/2 x 21 inches

Property being sold to benefit the Mission and Vision of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico

Provenance:

The Artist

The Collection of Robert Ellis, student of the artist

Donated by Rosa Ellis Clark, widow of the artist, and 203 Fine Art, Taos, New Mexico

Exhibitions:

University Art Museum, The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, "Exhibition of Drawings by Andrew Dasburg", 1964

Andrew Dasburg rejected his traditional training, seeing the future of art in Cubism when he studied in Paris, and adopting Cezanne as his inspiration. Dasburg brought these ideas to Taos and shook things up with his powerful Modernist sensibility. In Cordillera, or “Mountain Range,” Andrew Dasburg is sketching what he always sought in his art: the deep geometry of the universe. Here are the edges: of cloud and mountains, rock and shadow—the mathematics of nature in a formula determined over millennia. Your eye glides from broken line to broken line while your mind’s eye creates mass and envisions a scene.

-James D. Balestrieri

Handling creases visible throughout. Faint lines of discoloration visible along edges. A few points of foxing visible throughout. Two pieces of tape reside along top edge, verso. Please request additional images. Framed and matted behind glass. Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 27 inches

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