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Dec. 17, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Picador I. 1965 Gouache on paper Signed Signed on the back, titled and dated 1965 Measurements 50 x 64.5 cm Certificate signed by the Millares Committee PROVENANCE Ahrenberg Collection, Sweden
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Dec. 17, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Paredón. 1966 Gouache on card Signed Back signed, titled and made 1966 Sizes 45 x 33.5 cm Certified signed by Comité Millares PROCEDURE < br> Colección Ahrenberg, Suecia
Subastas Segre
Dec. 10, 2024
Manolo Millares. The lagoon
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Watercolor on paper. Signed, located and dated (1948) in the lower right corner. Provenance: - Gift of the artist. - By descent to the current owners.
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Dec. 10, 2024
Manolo Millares. Untitled
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Zinc etching on Velin d'Arches paper. Numbered (49/100) in the lower left corner. It belongs to an edition of 100 unsigned copies. Published by Grupo 15. Printed by Monir. Bibliography: - DE LA TORRE, Alfonso: Manolo Millares. Graphic work (1959-1972). Catalogue raisonné. Spanish Museum of Contemporary Engraving, 2016. Pages 102-103. Cat.: OG 72-1.
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Dec. 10, 2024
Manolo Millares. Discoveries - Millares 1671
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Silkscreen on Guarro paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Published by the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art in Cuenca under the direction of Fernando Zóbel. Bibliography: - DE LA TORRE, Alfonso: Manolo Millares. Graphic work (1959-1972). Catalogue raisonné. Spanish Museum of Contemporary Engraving, 2016. Pages: 86-87. Cat.: OG 71-1.
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Dec. 10, 2024
Manolo Millares. Discoveries - Millares 1671
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Silkscreen on Guarro paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Published by the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art in Cuenca under the direction of Fernando Zóbel. Bibliography: - DE LA TORRE, Alfonso: Manolo Millares. Graphic work (1959-1972). Catalogue raisonné. Spanish Museum of Contemporary Engraving, 2016. Pages: 86-87. Cat.: OG 71-3.
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Nov. 14, 2024
Manolo Millares (1926-1972) Untitled
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Manolo Millares (1926-1972) Untitled Gouache and ink on paper Signed Dedicated on the reverse "Muchas Felicidades para 1965!" 24x18,5 cm
Veritas Art Auctioneers
Sep. 24, 2024
Manolo Millares. Boat - mooring
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Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: - Gift of the artist. - By descent to the current owners.
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Sep. 24, 2024
Manolo Millares. The lagoon
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Watercolor on paper. Signed, located and dated (1948) in the lower right corner. Provenance: - Gift from the artist. - By descent to the current owners.
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Sep. 24, 2024
Manolo Millares. Torquemada
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Folder with six serigraphs on thick paper and a poem by Manuel Padorno. All of them signed in the lower right corner and numbered (82/100) in the lower left corner. Outer cardboard cover with edges and canvas spine. Edited by Galería Juana Mordó. Printed by Abel Martín. Provenance: - Private collection Exhibitions: - Manolo Millares, Graphic Work. Casa de Colón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, May 1-15, 1973 (Another copy of the edition). - Manolo Millares, Graphic Work. Salvador Victoria Museum. Rubielos de Mora, June 22 - October 31, 2013 (Another copy of the edition). Bibliography: - DE LA TORRE, Alfonso: Manolo Millares. Graphic work (1959-1972). Catalog raisonné. Spanish Museum of Contemporary Engraving, 2016. Pages. 70-78. Cat.: OG 70 [6-7-8-9-10-11]. Rep. Col.
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Jul. 02, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Ma...
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Untitled. c. 1960-61 Gouache on paper Signed Measurements 50 x 65 cm Certificate signed by Dª Elvireta Escobio ORIGIN (label on the back) Galerie Beyeler , Basel Private collection
Subastas Segre
Jun. 11, 2024
MANUEL MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1926 - Madrid, 1972) "Torquemada" 1970
Est: €900 - €1,200
MANUEL MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1926 - Madrid, 1972) "Torquemada" 1970 Engraving Signed and numbered 52/100 40 x 60 cm 900 - 1.200 €
Bayeu Subastas
Jun. 11, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 - Madrid, 1972). "Fallen man", 1968. Ink on GVARRO paper. Hand signed and dated. Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Est: €14,000 - €16,000
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 - Madrid, 1972). "Fallen man", 1968. Ink on GVARRO paper. Hand signed and dated. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Presents certificate of authenticity. It presents slight horizontal folds, not very noticeable due to the intense black color of the piece. Measurements: 37 x 33 cm; 53 x 49,50 cm (frame). Millares, definitely ascribed to informalism, in a peak moment in which his production is of maximum creativity between 1968 and 1969, develops an extraordinary drawing work, where his capacity to carry out a work similar to the one developed in his harpilleras, but now without any material resource, entrusting everything to large extensions of blacks, is very striking. His work is like a "silent scream", expressive but silent, of denunciation, powerful and dramatic in which the gesture takes precedence, and strength and thought are valued. "My art is a slap in the face of death to justify life". He works intensely the paper, always in constant evolution, of great expressive creativity, vigorous in the gesture, of dark tones, that mutates in some works with predominance of black. In this work we perceive as a background his high esteem for Francisco de Goya and especially for his black paintings, which are undoubtedly at the root of his work, as well as his interest in automatic calligraphy, as we can see in the upper part of the painting where through calligraphic games of illegible writing appears the date of completion of the work, 1968. Co-founder of the group El Paso in 1957, Millares began his career in the Canary Islands, imbued with the surrealist atmosphere developed around Oscar Dominguez. His work revolves around two essential concerns, which in reality are one and the same: surrealism with its interest in the subconscious and the primitive, and the deep roots of disappeared cultures, specifically the Guanches. Self-taught, Millares made his individual debut in 1945, at the Círculo Mercantil de Las Palmas, and after four years experimenting with surrealism he decided to focus his work definitively on abstraction. In 1951 he participated in the I Bienal Hispanoamericana de arte, held in Madrid, which was his definitive encounter with contemporary artistic reality. That same year he held his first exhibition in the peninsula, in the Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From that moment on he held exhibitions and participated in group shows in Spain, Cuba, Brazil, France, Germany and the United States, among other countries. In 1955 his work takes a fundamental turn, which will distinguish a before and an after in his language, and that occurs around the discovery of burlap as a support. Thus, he left behind the works influenced by Canary Island pictographs, the result of his interest in surrealism and archeology, and began to use burlap as an element that he added to the surface of the painting, along with other materials such as sand, ceramics or wood. For the author, the sackcloth is an evocation of the cloth with which the Guanche mummies were wrapped, discovered by Millares in the Canary Island Museum. It is also 1955 the year of his establishment in Madrid; there, under the influence of Burri, the burlap will become the support, the essential element of his works. Two years later he will join the El Paso group, in which he will play a decisive role. Millares exploited to the maximum the possibilities of burlap, which he tore, tore, punctured, sewed and re-sewed, thus extolling the value of the material as a vehicle of expression. His palette is reduced and becomes sober, predominating the ochre of the sackcloth and the colors black, red and white. Abstraction is replaced by a recognizable figuration and the work acquires, even by the materials that make it up, a social and moral nuance. Until the mid-sixties black will be the main color of his work. It presents certificate of authenticity. It presents slight horizontal folds, not very noticeable due to the intense black color of the piece.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 07, 2024
Manolo Millares (1926-1972) Cuadro 169 huile sur assemblage de toile de jut
Est: €250,000 - €350,000
Manolo Millares (1926-1972) Cuadro 169 huile sur assemblage de toile de jute 97 x 130 x 7 cm. Réalisé en 1961.
Christie's
Jun. 05, 2024
Manolo MILLARES
Est: €25,000 - €35,000
Manolo MILLARES Sans titre - 1961 Encre, lavis et aquarelle sur papier Signé en haut à droite "Millares" H : 70.0 cm, L : 100.5 cm Provenance : Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris Vente, Paris, Sotheby's, 7 juin 2018, lot 108 Acquis au cours de cette dernière par l'actuel propriétaire h : 70.0 cm, w : 100.5 cm Manolo MILLARES H : 70.0 cm, L : 100.5 cm h : 70.0 cm, w : 100.5 cm Ink, wash and watercolor on paper; signed upper right
Artcurial
Jun. 02, 2024
attr Manolo Millares Cuadro 190 (62) Mixed Media
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
attributed MILLARES. Manolo, (Spanish/Canary Islands, 1926-1972): "Cuadro 190", abstract mixed media composition, Acrylic/Paper on Jute fabric, singed lower right, signed, titled and dated 1962 (62) verso on stretcher, 36" x 25.75, thin wood frame. From the Alexander Raydon Gallery, Madison Ave, Manhattan. New York. Mr. Raydon was a well-known collector and dealer and passed away in 2005. This piece has remained in the collection.
Amero Auctions
May. 28, 2024
MILLARES, MANOLO (1926 - 1972)
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Screen printing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Numbered (85/100) in the lower left corner. Bibliography: - DE LA TORRE, Alfonso: Manolo Millares. Graphic work (1959-1972). Catalog raisonné. Spanish Museum of Contemporary Engraving, 2016. Page 71. Cat.: OG 70-9 [4].
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May. 21, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES - Descubrimiento en Millares (Diario de una excavación arqueológica imaginaria y barroca)
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Descubrimiento en Millares (Diario de una excavación arqueológica imaginaria y barroca). 1971 Serigrafía sobre papel de hilo de acuarela Guarro Firmada a lápiz Edición de 65 ejemplares Medidas 46 x 33 cm Edita Museo de Arte Abstracto Español de Cuenca bajo la dirección de Fernando Zóbel 1971 BIBLIOGRAFÍA Alfonso de la Torre, "Manolo Millares. Catálogo Razonado de la Obra Gráfica". Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella; Fundación Antonio Pérez, Cuenca; Junta de Castilla La Mancha, Toledo; Fundación Juan March, Madrid 2016, OG 71-5. Pág. 93
Subastas Segre
May. 21, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES + JOHN CARLIS - Sin título
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MANOLO MILLARES + JOHN CARLIS Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972- EEUU 1952-1984 Sin título. 1955 Acuarela y tinta sobre papel Firmado por Manolo Millares Dorso escrito: "With John Carlis 1952-1984" Medidas 63 x 46 cm La obra va acompañada de un informe del Comité Millares.
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Mar. 19, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES - Untitled
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Untitled. 1966 Acrylic on paper glued to wood Signed Measurements 70 x 50 cm PROVENANCE (label on the back) Juana Mordó Gallery, Madrid Benlliure Gallery, Valencia br> Private collection BIBLIOGRAPHY José Augusto França, "Millares", Ed. Polígrafa, Barcelona 1977, no. 281, page. 158
Subastas Segre
Feb. 06, 2024
MANOLO MILLARES - Untitled
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Untitled. c. 1960-61 Gouache on paper Signed Measurements 50 x 65 cm Certificate signed by Dª Elvireta Escobio ORIGIN (label on the back) Galerie Beyeler , Basel Private collection
Subastas Segre
Jan. 23, 2024
MANUEL MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran C (1926) / Madrid (1972) "Humboldt in the Orinoco"
Est: €240,000 - €320,000
"Humboldt in the Orinoco", 1968 Mixed technique on burlap Signed in the lower left corner. On the back on the frame signed, titled and dated and with a label from the Cayon Gallery, Madrid Provenance: -Private collection, France -Francis Briest, Paris (XI/29/1993) -Private collection, Madrid Exhibitions: -Munich 1968, no. cat (s7n) 8 8i/VIII), s/r p.4 -Francisc Briest, Art Abstrait et Contemporain dont Collection de Mnsieur p. 17 (with title "Humbolt in the Orinoco" (sic)) Bibliography: de la Torre, A., "Manolo Millares. Paintings. Catalog raisonne", Fundacion Azcona/MNCARS, Madrid 2004, p. 498 no. 443 P- 68-23 Measurements: 65 x 80 cm
Ansorena
Dec. 19, 2023
MANUEL MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran C (1926) / Madrid (1972) "Untitled", 1972
Est: €750 - €1,000
Etching on paper Numbered XXI/XXX and signed in pencil at the bottom. Belonging to a folder tribute to Chicharro by Group 15, Madrid of an edition of 100 and another edition to which this copy of 30 belongs for collaborators Bibliography: -Alfonso de la Torre, "Manolo Millares. Graphic work. 1959-1972. Catalog raisonne", Collaboration Edition Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engraving, Board of Communities of Castilla-La-Mancha, Museum of Spanish Abstract Art, Cuenca, Fundacion Juan March and Fundacion Antonio Perez, Duputacion de Cuenca 2016; p.105 no. OG 72-2 Measurements: Footprint: 49 x 38.5 cm; paper: 77 x 55.5cm
Ansorena
Dec. 12, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Untitled. 1966 Acryl
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Untitled. 1966 Acrylic on paper glued to wood Signed Measurements 70 x 50 cm PROVENANCE (label on the back) Juana Mordó Gallery, Madrid Benlliure Gallery, Valencia br> Private collection BIBLIOGRAPHY José Augusto França, "Millares", Ed. Polígrafa, Barcelona 1977, no. 281, page. 158
Subastas Segre
Dec. 12, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Untitled. 1960 Acryl
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Untitled. 1960 Acrylic on paper Signed Measurements 50.5 x 70 cm Certificate signed by Dª Elvireta Escobio.
Subastas Segre
Dec. 07, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Sans tire 1965
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Sans tire 1965 signé; signé, daté 1965 et inscrit Pintura sobre papel au revers huile et encre sur papier signed; signed, dated 1965 and inscribed Pintura sobre papel on the reverse oil and ink on paper 51.5 x 65.5 cm. 20 1/4 x 25 13/16 in.
Bonhams
Oct. 24, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES - Torquemada
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Torquemada. 1970 Silkscreen on paper Signed in pencil Numbered 76/100 Measurements 49.8 x 69.8 cm Edited by Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid 1970 ORIGIN br> Alba Cabrera Gallery, Valencia Private collection BIBLIOGRAPHY Alfonso de la Torre, "Manolo Millares. Raised Catalog of Graphic Works." Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engraving, Marbella; Antonio Pérez Foundation, Cuenca; Junta de Castilla La Mancha, Toledo; Juan March Foundation, Madrid 2016. OG 70-9 (4). Page 76.
Subastas Segre
Oct. 05, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972). Untitled, 1970.
Est: €600 - €2,500
Scratched proof of an original drypoint that the artist printed in the intaglio workshop of Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. Unsigned and numbered in pencil, 3/100. With certificate signed by Elvireta Millares and the publisher. Presented in an original black folder, with a lithograph that shows a very personal text by the artist preceding the drypoint. There is a slight fold on the lower left corner. 44.7 x 25 cm (plate); 64 x 45 cm (paper).
Subarna Subastas
Sep. 28, 2023
Manolo Millares. No title
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Collage, ink and gouache on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: - Acquired from the artist. - By descent to the current owners.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Sep. 26, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 - Madrid, 1972). Untitled. Ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €6,000 - €6,500
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 - Madrid, 1972). Untitled. Ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 31 x 24 cm; 46 x 38 cm (frame). Co-founder of the El Paso group in 1957, Millares began his career in the Canary Islands, imbued with the surrealist atmosphere developed around Óscar Domínguez. His work revolves around two essential concerns, which in reality are one and the same: surrealism with its interest in the subconscious and the primitive, and the deep roots of disappeared cultures, specifically those of the Guanches. Self-taught, Millares made his individual debut in 1945, at the Círculo Mercantil in Las Palmas, and after four years experimenting with surrealism he decided to focus his work definitively on abstraction. In 1951 he took part in the I Bienal Hispanoamericana de arte, held in Madrid, which marked his definitive encounter with contemporary artistic reality. That same year he held his first exhibition on the peninsula, at the Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From then on he held exhibitions and participated in group shows in Spain, Cuba, Brazil, France, Germany and the United States, among other countries. In 1955 his work took a fundamental turn, which would mark a before and after in his language, and which took place around the discovery of sackcloth as a support. Thus, he left behind the works influenced by the pictographs of the Canary Islands, the result of his interest in surrealism and archaeology, and began to use sackcloth as an element that he added to the surface of the painting, together with other materials such as sand, ceramics or wood. For the artist, the sackcloth is an evocation of the cloth with which the Guanche mummies, discovered by Millares in the Canary Island Museum, were wrapped. It was also in 1955 that he settled in Madrid; there, under the influence of Burri, sackcloth became a support, the essential element of his works. Two years later he joined the El Paso group, in which he played a decisive role. Millares exploited the possibilities of sackcloth to the full, tearing, tearing, perforating, sewing and re-sewing it, thus extolling the value of the material as a vehicle of expression. His palette is reduced and becomes sober, with the ochre of the sackcloth and the colours black, red and white predominating. Abstraction is replaced by a recognisable figuration and the work acquires, even through the materials it is made of, a social and moral nuance. Until the mid-sixties black was the main colour in his works, but from 1964-65 onwards white took on an increasingly important role, as can be seen in his "Antropofaunas" and "Neandertalios". Manolo Millares is currently represented in numerous museums all over the world, such as the MOMA in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Fine Arts Museum in Bilbao, the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.
Setdart Auction House
Jul. 18, 2023
MANUEL MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran C (1926) / Madrid (1972) "Anthropofauna", 1970
Est: €1,800 - €2,400
Etching on paper Signed and justified in pencil on the lower part 25/50. Bibliography: Alfono de la Torre, "Manolo Millares graphic work 1959-1972, Raonado Catalog", Ed. Museum of contemporary Spanish engraving, Castilla la Mancha Community Board, Museum of Spanish abstract art, Cuenca Juan March Foundation, Antonio Pérez Foundation . Cuenca Provincial Council, 2016; pp.62-63, nºOG 70(3) Measurements: 57 x 76 cm
Ansorena
Jun. 07, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Sans titre circa 1960
Est: €7,000 - €10,000
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Sans titre circa 1960 signé huile et encre sur papier signed oil and ink on paper 48 x 33.6 cm. 18 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. Réalisé circa 1960.
Bonhams
Jun. 05, 2023
Cuadro 196
Est: €120,000 - €180,000
Manolo Millares 1926 - 1972 Cuadro 196 signed ; signed, titled and dated 1962 on the reverse oil and mixed media on burlap 81 x 101 cm ; 31 ⅞ x 39 ¾ in. Executed in 1962. _______________________________________ Manolo Millares 1926 - 1972 Cuadro 196 signé ; signé, titré et daté 1962 au dos huile et technique mixte sur toile de jute 81 x 101 cm ; 31 ⅞ x 39 ¾ in. Exécuté en 1962.
Sotheby's
May. 24, 2023
Manolo Millares *
Est: €120,000 - €180,000
(Las Palmas 1926–1972 Madrid) Composicion con dimension perida, 1956, signed and dated Millares 56, countersigned, dated and inscribed on the stretcher, mixed media on canvas, 65 x 92.5 cm, framed Provenance: Gustau Camps Collection, Barcelona Private Collection, Barcelona Cornette de Cyr, 20 October 2012, lot 35 Private Collection, Switzerland Exhibited: Madrid, Ateneo, C. L. Popovici, Las arpillerass de Millares, 2 - 25 February 1957, exh. cat. no. IX , ill, pp. 28 – 29 La Corogne (Spain), Fondation Caixa Galicia, Alfonso de la Torre, Manolo Millares, la destruction et l’amour, 14 July - 20 October 2006, p. 66, ill. New York, Di Donna Galleries, Nuvolo and Post-war materiality 1950 – 1965, curated by Germano Celant, 27 October 2017 – 28 January 2018 Brussels, Galerie de la Béraudière, 2020, Dubuffet et les artistes de la matière. Literature: Alfonso de la Torre, Catalogue raisonné des peintures de Manolo Millares, Museo de la Reina Sofia, Fondation Azcona, Madrid, 2004, no. 72, p. 100, ill. (with other dimensions : 70 x 90 cm). José-Augusto França, Millares, Éditions Cercle d’Art, Paris, 1991, n°56, page 41, ill.(with other dimensions : 70 x 90 cm). Vincente Aguilera Cerni, Millares, El Paso, Monographie n°1, Graficas Luiz Perez, Madrid, 1957, n°8, page 18, ill. Manolo Millares is one of the most important Spanish painters of Post War. He created an independent abstract-informal pictorial language after having initially experimented with Surrealism. From the mid-1950s onwards, he integrated the raw surface and aesthetic quality of traditional burlap fabrics into his pictorial works, later developing his corporeal painting further into dramatic assemblages of gathered textiles reminiscent of human forms. His 1956 cycle Composicion con dimension perdida is inspired by the organic forms of cave painting in the Canary Islands - Millares’s homeland - as well as by écriture automatique. The present work consists of an accumulation of isolated sign-like elements on a lime-white plastered surface, behind which the rough hessian emerges. The expressive power of the painting lies in the tension between positive, corporeal settings and negative, recessed surfaces, painted and hewn holes, construction and destruction. Millares, whose family was persecuted by the Franco regime, has repeatedly related the violence of the holes typical of his oeuvre to the wars of the 20th century, but the "infinite dimension" of these holes also conceals the possibility of alleviating existential fear and trauma. The exhibition of this cycle at the Sala of the Prado del Ateneo in Madrid laid the foundation for Millares’s international career; in 1957 he showed his works at the 4th Biennial in Sao Paulo, and in 1960 in two group exhibitions in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum. „Perforated and inhabited by emptiness, the fabrics of Millares are shown to us as subjects that are marked by their own faults. For the artist, for his technique, the difficulty in considering space is tied in with its relation to emptiness, to the opening. The medium and the surface suddenly take on an evident necessity. The canvas ceasing to be the background upon which tradition is painted, becoming instead the material, torn and holed, that takes the form of a body.“ Emmanuel Guigon, „The Body of Painting II“, in: Manolo Millares. Building Bridges, Not Walls, Barcelona: Mayoral, 2017, p. 37f.
Dorotheum
Apr. 20, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972). Untitled, 1970.
Est: €900 - €2,500
Scratched proof of an original drypoint that the artist printed in the intaglio workshop of Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. Unsigned and numbered in pencil, 3/100. With certificate signed by Elvireta Millares and the publisher. Presented in an original black folder, with a lithograph that shows a very personal text by the artist preceding the drypoint. There is a slight fold on the lower left corner. 44.7 x 25 cm (plate); 64 x 45 cm (paper).
Subarna Subastas
Mar. 28, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES - Torquemada
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MANOLO MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972 Torquemada. 1970 Screen print on paper Signed in pencil Numbered 93/100 Measures 49.8 x 69.8 cm Published by Juana Mordó Gallery, Madrid 1970 BIBLIOGRAPHY < br> Alfonso de la Torre, "Manolo Millares. Catalog Raisonné of Graphic Works". Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engraving, Marbella; Antonio Pérez Foundation, Cuenca; Junta de Castilla La Mancha, Toledo; Juan March Foundation, Madrid 2016. OG 70-10 (5). Page 77
Subastas Segre
Mar. 01, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Personaje Caido (Fallen Figure) acrylic, cardbo
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Personaje Caido (Fallen Figure) acrylic, cardboard and twine on stitched burlap 59 x 59in. (150 x 150cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 23, 2023
Manolo Millares(1926-1972): Manolo Millares: Colección nueva órbita
Est: $700 - $900
The etching in black on wove paper, signed and numbered 13/50 in pencil, together with the bound book in linen-covered portfolio box. Etching 14 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (sheet), unframed. Provenance: Pierre Matisse; Pierre-Noel Matisse; Jacquelyn Miller Matisse.
STAIR
Feb. 22, 2023
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 - Madrid, 1972). Untitled. Ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €6,000 - €6,500
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 - Madrid, 1972). Untitled. Ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 31 x 24 cm; 46 x 38 cm (frame). Co-founder of the El Paso group in 1957, Millares began his career in the Canary Islands, imbued with the surrealist atmosphere developed around Óscar Domínguez. His work revolves around two essential concerns, which in reality are one and the same: surrealism with its interest in the subconscious and the primitive, and the deep roots of disappeared cultures, specifically those of the Guanches. Self-taught, Millares made his individual debut in 1945, at the Círculo Mercantil in Las Palmas, and after four years experimenting with surrealism he decided to focus his work definitively on abstraction. In 1951 he took part in the I Bienal Hispanoamericana de arte, held in Madrid, which marked his definitive encounter with contemporary artistic reality. That same year he held his first exhibition on the peninsula, at the Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From then on he held exhibitions and participated in group shows in Spain, Cuba, Brazil, France, Germany and the United States, among other countries. In 1955 his work took a fundamental turn, which would mark a before and after in his language, and which took place around the discovery of sackcloth as a support. Thus, he left behind the works influenced by the pictographs of the Canary Islands, the result of his interest in surrealism and archaeology, and began to use sackcloth as an element that he added to the surface of the painting, together with other materials such as sand, ceramics or wood. For the artist, the sackcloth is an evocation of the cloth with which the Guanche mummies, discovered by Millares in the Canary Island Museum, were wrapped. It was also in 1955 that he settled in Madrid; there, under the influence of Burri, sackcloth became a support, the essential element of his works. Two years later he joined the El Paso group, in which he played a decisive role. Millares exploited the possibilities of sackcloth to the full, tearing, tearing, perforating, sewing and re-sewing it, thus extolling the value of the material as a vehicle of expression. His palette is reduced and becomes sober, with the ochre of the sackcloth and the colours black, red and white predominating. Abstraction is replaced by a recognisable figuration and the work acquires, even through the materials it is made of, a social and moral nuance. Until the mid-sixties black was the main colour in his works, but from 1964-65 onwards white took on an increasingly important role, as can be seen in his "Antropofaunas" and "Neandertalios". Manolo Millares is currently represented in numerous museums all over the world, such as the MOMA in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Fine Arts Museum in Bilbao, the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 15, 2022
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972). Untitled, 1970.
Est: €1,500 - €3,000
Scratched proof of an original drypoint that the artist printed in the intaglio workshop of Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. Unsigned and numbered in pencil, 3/100. With certificate signed by Elvireta Millares and the publisher. Presented in an original black folder, with a lithograph that shows a very personal text by the artist preceding the drypoint. There is a slight fold on the lower left corner. 44.7 x 25 cm (plate); 64 x 45 cm (paper).
Subarna Subastas
Nov. 30, 2022
Manolo Millares "Hombre caido" 1968 gouache and mixed media on paper cm 37x33 Signed lower center Signed, titled and dated 1968 on the reverse Provenance Private collection, Milan...
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
(Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1926 - Madrid 1972) "Hombre caido" 1968 gouache and mixed media on paper cm 37x33 Signed lower center Signed, titled and dated 1968 on the reverse Provenance Private collection, Milan IT "Hombre caido" 1968 gouache e tecnica mista su carta cm 37x33 Firmato in basso al centro Firmato, titolato e datato 1968 al retro Provenienza Collezione privata, Milano
Il Ponte Auction House
Nov. 03, 2022
MANUEL MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran C (1926) / Madrid (1972) "Untitled", 1964
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Painting on paper Signed and dated at the bottom. Attached certificate and authenticity of the Millares Committee dated April 28, 2022 Measurements: 70 x 50 cm
Ansorena
Sep. 27, 2022
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 – Madrid, 1972). Untitled, 1957. Ink and watercolor on cardboard. Origin: Vivanco Family. Signed, dated and dedicated to the family of Luis Felipe Vivanco.
Est: €3,500 - €4,000
MANOLO MILLARES SALL (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1936 - Madrid, 1972). Untitled, 1957. Ink and watercolour on card. Provenance: Vivanco family. Signed, dated and dedicated to the family of Luis Felipe Vivanco. Size: 9 x 15 cm; 34,5 x 41 cm (frame). This work corresponds to the period when Millares, already settled in Madrid, founded the group "El paso". It was common for the artist to give his closest acquaintances Christmas cards that he created himself. In this particular case the work is a Christmas card dedicated to Luis Felipe Vivanco. Spanish architect and poet who focused his poetic production on the composition of avant-garde pieces, which led him to become friends with important personalities such as Rafael Alberti and Pablo Neruda. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he devoted himself to the propagandist poetry of the Franco regime, collaborating in newspapers such as "Arriba España" and "Jerarquía". Co-founder of the El Paso group in 1957, Millares began his career in the Canary Islands, imbued with the surrealist atmosphere developed around Óscar Domínguez. His work revolves around two essential concerns, which in reality are one and the same: surrealism with its interest in the subconscious and the primitive, and the deep roots of disappeared cultures, specifically those of the Guanches. Self-taught, Millares made his individual debut in 1945, at the Círculo Mercantil in Las Palmas, and after four years experimenting with surrealism he decided to focus his work definitively on abstraction. In 1951 he took part in the I Bienal Hispanoamericana de arte, held in Madrid, which marked his definitive encounter with contemporary artistic reality. That same year he held his first exhibition on the peninsula, at the Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From then on he held exhibitions and participated in group shows in Spain, Cuba, Brazil, France, Germany and the United States, among other countries. In 1955 his work took a fundamental turn, which would mark a before and after in his language, and which took place around the discovery of sackcloth as a support. Thus, he left behind the works influenced by the pictographs of the Canary Islands, the result of his interest in surrealism and archaeology, and began to use sackcloth as an element that he added to the surface of the painting, together with other materials such as sand, ceramics or wood. For the artist, the sackcloth is an evocation of the cloth with which the Guanche mummies, discovered by Millares in the Canary Island Museum, were wrapped. It was also in 1955 that he settled in Madrid; there, under the influence of Burri, sackcloth became a support, the essential element of his works. Two years later he joined the El Paso group, in which he played a decisive role. Millares exploited the possibilities of sackcloth to the full, tearing, tearing, perforating, sewing and re-sewing it, thus extolling the value of the material as a vehicle of expression. His palette is reduced and becomes sober, with the ochre of the sackcloth and the colours black, red and white predominating. Abstraction is replaced by a recognisable figuration and the work acquires, even through the materials it is made of, a social and moral nuance. Until the mid-sixties black was the main colour in his works, but from 1964-65 onwards white took on an increasingly important role, as can be seen in his "Antropofaunas" and "Neandertalios". Manolo Millares is currently represented in numerous museums all over the world, such as the MOMA in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Fine Arts Museum in Bilbao, the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 22, 2022
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972). Untitled, 1970.
Est: €2,000 - €3,500
Scratched proof of an original drypoint that the artist printed in the intaglio workshop of Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. Unsigned and numbered in pencil, 3/100. With certificate signed by Elvireta Millares and the publisher. Presented in an original black folder, with a lithograph that shows a very personal text by the artist preceding the drypoint. There is a slight fold on the lower left corner. 44.7 x 25 cm (plate); 64 x 45 cm (paper).
Subarna Subastas
Jul. 20, 2022
MANUEL MILLARES Las Palmas de Gran C (1926) / Madrid (1972) "Untitled", 1964
Est: €22,500 - €30,000
Painting on paper Signed and dated at the bottom. Certificate of authenticity from the Millares Committee dated April 28, 2022 is attached Measurements : 70x50cm
Ansorena
Jul. 20, 2022
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Mutilados de Paz gouache and ink on card laid d
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972) Mutilados de Paz gouache and ink on card laid down on canvas, in five parts, in artist frames each: 18 x 14 1/2 in. (45.7 x 36.8 cm.) overall: 18 x 72 1/2 in. (45.7 x 184.2 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 28, 2022
Manolo Millares (1926-1972) Cuadro 106 huile sur assemblage de toile de ju
Est: €400,000 - €600,000
Manolo Millares (1926-1972) Cuadro 106 huile sur assemblage de toile de jute 129 x 161 cm.
Christie's
Jun. 22, 2022
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972). UNTITLED, 1971.
Est: €17,000 - €42,000
Ink and gouache drawing on paper. Signed and dated. Provenance: directly from the artist, a gift to the present owner. The characteristics of this work can easily be related to his "Anthropofauna" series, one of his last before his death and begun a couple of years earlier, noticeable in the tension between black and white. 50 x 70 cm; 68.5 x 88.5 cm (frame).
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