-Carlos Páez Vilaró 1967 Artist Modernist Pendant Brooch In 18Kt Gold With Enamel
Modernist sculptural piece designed by Carlos Páez Vilaró (1926-2014)
Magnificent sculptural piece of jewelry, created in Montevideo Uruguay by the plastic artist and sculptor Carlos Páez Vilaró, back in the 1967. This gorgeous piece of art has been crafted in solid yellow gold of 18 karats, with textured surfaces finishes and embellished with accents of red, orange and white glass enamel. It is fitted at the reverse with a hinged double pins bars to wear as a brooch or a pendant.
Weight: 52.25 Grams, (34.51 Dwt).
Measurements: 95.25 mm by 69.85 mm (3.75 x 2.75 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the gold and signed in full by the artist, "CARLOS PEREZ VILARO 67".
Carlos Páez Vilaró
He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1923. He was a Uruguayan abstract artist, painter, potter, sculptor, muralist, writer, composer and constructor. He took up drawing in 1939 and relocated to Buenos Aires, where he worked as a printing apprentice in the industrial Barracas section of the Argentine capital. Returning to Montevideo in the late 1940s, he developed an interest in Afro-Uruguayan culture. Settling in Montevideo's primarily black neighborhood of "Mediomundo" ("Half-World"), he studied the Candombé and Comparsa dances characteristic to the culture. He composed numerous musical pieces in the two genres and conducted an orchestra. His group's congas and bongos were decorated with their leader's own thematic drawings, as well. His interest in the culture later led him to Brazil, home to the western hemisphere's largest population of African descent. Páez Vilaró was invited to exhibit some of this work by the Director of the Modern Art Museum of Paris, Jean Cassou, in 1956. He traveled to Dakar, Senegal, later that year – his first visit to Africa. He was one of the "Grupo de los 8", a movement of Uruguayan artists formed in 1958 together with Oscar García Reino, Miguel Ángel Pareja, Raúl Pavlovsky, Lincoln Presno, Américo Sposito, Alfredo Testoni and Julio Verdie in order to promote new tendencies in painting. In 1960 they were invited by art critic Rafael Squirru to join the international exhibition at the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (of which he was creator and first director) with artists such as Willem de Kooning, Roger Hilton and Lucio Fontana. The experimental tendencies of the Grupo de los 8 have since gained a place of unquestionable relevance not only in the panorama of Uruguayan art but also at an international level, some of their works forming part of museums and collections worldwide.
Collections: Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC, USA, Casapueblo Museum, Punta Ballena Uruguay.
Exhibitions: 2023, 100th Anniversary of Carlos Páez Vilaró, ACCS Visual Arts. 2021. WOMEN by Carlos Páez Vilaró, ACCS Visual Arts. Group shows; 2023. Obras, Juan E. Gomensoro, Carlos y Jorge Páez Vilaró - homage to Carlos Paez Vilaro’s 100 years birthdate, Juan E. Gomensoro. 2022 Festividades, Juan E. Gomensoro. 2021, PINTA MIAMI 2021 Art Fair, ACCS Visual Arts.
Collateral: This piece is accompanied by a presentation jewelry box.
Condition: The overall condition of this pendant-brooch is excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the gold. All parts are secured in the settings. This piece has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.
INVENTORY REF: P012224TNNM/1.256
