Manolo Valdés (b. 1942)

Claribel, 1995

Retrato con Collage en el Sombrero (Portrait with collage on Hat)

Etching with aquatint and unique collage on Aquari handmade paper

From the edition of 50, each unique

Signed and numbered in pencil along lower margin

Published by Marlborough Gallery, Madrid

Plate: 26 x 32.7 inches (66x 83 cm)

Sheet: 36 x 41.7 inches (91.5 x 106 cm)

Framed dimensions 43.625 x 49.875 inches.

Reference: Graphic Works of Manolo Valdés 1981-2002, page 137

Inspired by Renaissance portraits, Valdés made a series of profiles of ladies, reinterpreting them through his synthetic and colourist aesthetics, as for example his works "Beatrice", which are profiles similar to the present work, where the turban shows mythical works from the history of art.