Tarsila do Amaral Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Tarsila do Amaral Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 19, 2023
Tarsila do Amaral, Untitled
Est: $1,800 - $2,400
Tarsila do Amaral Untitled 1924 ink and graphite on paper 8.25 h x 8 w in (21 x 20 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Tarsila 24'. Provenance: Collection of Caroline Millett, Philadelphia This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 22, 2022
TARSILA DO AMARAL (Brazil, 1886- 1973). “Illustrated study for the book by Martim Cereré p. 72, II” Pencil on paper. Work reproduced in the Catalog Raisonné of the artist. DI398. Origin: Luiz Buarque de Hollanda collection.
Est: €3,500 - €4,000
TARSILA DO AMARAL (Brazil, 1886- 1973). "Illustrated study for the book by Martim Cereré p. 72, II". Pencil on paper. Work reproduced in the artist's catalogue raisonné. DI398. Provenance: Luiz Buarque de Hollanda collection. Size: 29,5 x 21 cm; 39 x 34 cm (frame). Written in 1928 by Cassiano Ricardo, Martim Cereré is a book of epic poems that delves into the roots of the Brazilian people. In 1962, the artist Tarsila do Amaral rescued the text and created a series of illustrations to accompany the literary publication. This work is the result of that work Tarsila do Amaral has always been described as the artist who managed on the one hand to capture the European avant-garde and at the same time express her own roots, showing the Brazilian nationalist sentiment in a modern, free and original way. Tarsila began her training in an academic environment, like many of the artists of the time. She studied in Sao Paulo, but in 1920 she moved to Paris to take classes at an academy of classical art. She returned to Brazil in 1922 and found that Sao Paulo was hosting the Semana de Arte Moderno, where she met Anita Malfati and the poet Oswald de Andrade, her future husband. This whole atmosphere had a great influence on her, so much so that she decided to return to Paris in 1922, this time accompanied by Andrade. It was on this second trip to Paris that she began to get to know the European avant-garde. She meets Picasso, but in these years he is married to Olga and in his classical period. Tarsila will have a close relationship with Léger, who changes her aesthetic perspective. He not only brings her closer to the avant-garde, but through the avant-garde she recognises her roots. Through these artists who value the purity of uncontaminated art, other cultures, etc. All this makes him say that he wants to soak up or devour the aesthetic freedom presented to him by European artists in order to come to his country and create an indigenous but modern art, with his feet set on the roots of the country. In April 1923 he returned to Brazil. Shortly before her return, she wrote to her family from Paris: "I feel even more Brazilian. I am going to be a painter of my country; how grateful I am to have spent all my childhood on the farm! The memories of those times have become very dear to me. I want, in art, to be the little country girl from Sao Bernardo, who plays with straw dolls, as in the last painting I am working on... don't think that this tendency is considered negatively here. On the contrary. What they want here is for everyone to bring the contribution of their own country. This explains the success of Russian ballets, Japanese graphic arts and black music. Paris has already had too much Parisian art". She returned to Brazil accompanied by Andrade and the Swiss poet Cendrars, because Cendrars wanted to get to know the real Brazil. They travelled through the popular cultures of Brazil. In the spring of 1924, they visited the Rio carnival with the poet, one of the typical examples of the profane Brazilian festivals, where the races, costumes, traditions, etc. were at their purest. After getting to know this profane festival, they went to see the religious festival of Holy Week in the state of Minas Gerais. From this moment on, Tarsila painted a mixture of local indigenism and the heritage of cubism in her paintings.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 09, 2022
Tarsila do Amaral (Capivari, Brazil, 1886 - Sao Paulo, 1973)
Est: €4,500 - €5,500
Tarsila do Amaral (Capivari, Brazil, 1886 - Sao Paulo, 1973) Pencil drawing on paper. 17 x 11,8 cm. Martín Cererê catalogue, page 72 nº 11. Catalogue raisonné: D1398. Tarsila do Amaral was the most important representative of modernism in Brazil. In February 2019, the MoMA in New York acquired the painting "A Lúa" for its collection. In the presentation of the painter, they described the artist as a "foundational figure for modern art in Brazil and a central protagonist in the transatlantic and cultural exchanges that informed this movement." A few months earlier, in the spring of 2018, MoMA, in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago, held the first monographic exhibition of the Brazilian artist in the United States, "Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil". In their website, they describe both the artist and the exhibition as follows: "“I want to be the painter of my country,” wrote Tarsila do Amaral (1886 - 1973) in 1923. Born at the end of the 19th century to a family of coffee plantation owners in São Paulo, Tarsila―as she is affectionately known in Brazil―studied piano, sculpture, and drawing before leaving for Paris in 1920 to attend the Académie Julian, the famous art school that drew many international students. During subsequent sojourns in the French capital, she studied with André Lhote, Albert Gleizes, and Fernand Léger, fulfilling what she called her "military service in Cubism," ultimately arriving at her signature style of sensuous, vibrant landscapes and everyday scenes. The exhibition focuses on her pivotal production from the 1920s, when she navigated the art worlds of both São Paulo and Paris, and charts her involvement with an increasingly international artistic community, as well as her critical role in the emergence of modernism in Brazil. In 1928, she painted Abaporu for her husband, the poet Oswalde de Andrade, depicting an elongated, isolated figure with a blooming cactus. This landmark painting inspired the Manifesto of Anthropophagy, and became the banner for a transformative artistic movement, which imagined a specifically Brazilian culture arising from the symbolic digestion—or artistic “cannibalism”—of outside influences. Though she is widely celebrated in her native country, this is the first exhibition in the United States devoted exclusively to Tarsila’s groundbreaking art. Featuring over 100 works, including paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, photographs, and historical documents drawn from collections across Latin America, Europe, and the US, Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil is a rare opportunity to explore the work of this daring modernist." Bibliographic reference: - The Museum of Modern Art (2018, February 11 - June 03). "Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil". https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3871
La Suite Subastas
Mar. 09, 2021
Do Amaral, Tarsila - Paisagem com touro, Segundo - 1972
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Do Amaral, Tarsila (1886-1973) Paisagem com touro, Segundo (1972) Description (FR): Gravure sur papier, 88/100, signée et datée en bas à droite Tarsila 72 Description (EN): Etching on paper, 88/100, signed and dated on lower right Tarsila 72 Dimension (PO): 13" x 17" Dimension (CM): 33.02 x 43.18 cm Rapport de condition: Deux grandes déchirures en haut jusqu'à 1" dans la gravure Condition report: Two long tears in the top margin, 1" long in the etching
Champagne Auctions
Feb. 20, 2018
Tarsila do Amaral - A Cuca - 2009
Est: $50 - $150
"A Cuca" by Tarsila do Amaral, 2009 Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 25.75 x 38.25 inches, with an image size of 25.75 x 32.25 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an edition size of limited and is not framed. The condition was rated A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Additional details: Original exhibition poster for Juan March, Madrid, February - May 2009
DUMBO Auctions
Feb. 20, 2018
Tarsila do Amaral - O Lago - 2009
Est: $50 - $150
"O Lago" by Tarsila do Amaral, 2009 Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 26 x 38.25 inches, with an image size of 26 x 32.25 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an edition size of limited and is not framed. The condition was rated A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Additional details: Original exhibition poster for Juan March, Madrid, February - May 2009
DUMBO Auctions
Feb. 20, 2018
Tarsila do Amaral - Sao Paulo (Gazo)
Est: $50 - $150
"Sao Paulo (Gazo)" by Tarsila do Amaral, Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 26.5 x 38.25 inches, with an image size of 26.5 x 32.25 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an edition size of limited and is not framed. The condition was rated A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Additional details: Original exhibition poster for Juan March, Madrid, February - May 2009
DUMBO Auctions
May. 05, 2012
Tarsila do Amaral, Etching
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Artist: Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian (1886 - 1973) | Title: untitled | Year: 1972 | Medium: Etching, signed in pencil | Edition: PA | Image Size: 9.5 x 14 inches | Frame Size: 20.5 x 25 inches
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