Lot 340: * Ayres (Lula Cardoso, 1910-1987). Abstract Forms,

* Ayres (Lula Cardoso, 1910-1987). Abstract Forms, watercolour and black ink on textured pale cream paper, signed lower right, image size 29.8 x 22.7cm (11.75 x 9ins), sheet size 44.5 x 34cm (17.5 x 13.25ins), framed and glazed. The Brazilian artist Lula Cardoso Ayres was born in Recife, and studied at the National School of Fine Art in Rio de Janeiro. He was influenced by the purist theories of Ozenfant and Le Corbusier, and is known for his abstract works as in the present example, although he also produced bold figurative works, and designs for murals and the theatre. A monograph on the artist by Clarival do Pravo Balladares was published in 1978. (1)
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