Lot 3: ALFREDO GUTTERO (1882-1932)

ALFREDO GUTTERO (1882-1932) UNTITLED (LA CAZA) signed and dated 1927 upper right oil on canvas 36 5/8 by 52 3/8 in. 93 by 133 cm

Virgílio de Aguiar, São Paulo (acquired circa 1930)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Along with Emilio Pettoruti and Xul Solar, Alfredo Guttero was an important point of contact between the Modernist movement in Europe and the Vanguard of his native Argentina. Based in Paris, Madrid and Genoa from 1904 to 1927, Guttero (who had studied with Maurice Denis) co-founded the "Association of Argentine Artists in Europe" while exhibiting widely throughout the continent. He continued to show his work there after returning to Argentina in 1927, the year in which these two works were painted, where he was instrumental in promoting cultural interchange with neighboring Uruguay and Brazil. It is no surprise, then that these paintings would be found in a Brazilian collection that was likely formed in the early 1930's. Reflecting the Art Deco style that was in vogue in 1920's Paris, these two paintings reflect the artist at the height of his artistic capabilities.