los conquistadores •
the conquerors
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In contrast, his drawings are vaporous like
smoke. It is free but dense, difficult to breathe. He
rarely used line, his figures march towards the
process of their own disintegration or rather they
dissolve and can never be differentiated from the
background. They always hesitate in becoming
geometric figures due to their abstraction, lack of
particularity or detail. In this sense, they are
always on one side of life always combating their
own representation. Portrayed to not represent the
tiny peculiarities of individual’s faces but instead
Su dibujo, en cambio, es vaporoso como el humo.
Es libre pero denso, difícil de respirar. Rara vez recu-
rre a la línea; sus figuras marchan hacia el proceso de
su propia desintegración. O bien se disuelven o
nunca alcanzan a diferenciarse del fondo. Siempre
vacilan en convertirse en figuras geométrica a fuer-
za de su abstracción, a falta de particularidad, de
carencia en el detalle. En ese sentido se encuentran
del lado de la vida, siempre combatiendo su propia
representación. Los retratos no representan las
pequeñas particularidades del rostro del individuo,
Study for a “Lighthouse and Mariners’
Home, Honfleur”
1884
Óleo sobre madera
Oil on wood
6 1/8 x 9 13/16" (15.6 x 25 cm)
Collection André Bromberg
Model Facing Front (study for Models)
1886
Crayón Conté sobre papel
Conté crayon on paper
11 11/16 x 8 7/8" (29.7 x 22.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert
Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.704)
© 1990 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Model Facing Front (Study for Models)
1886
Óleo sobre madera
Oil on wood
10 1/4 x 6 3/16" (26 x 15.7 cm)
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Anonymous Gift
(donor retaining a life interest), 2000
© Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art
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