Mutamba
1986
Lithograph, signed and dated by the artist
Paper 22” x 35” (Image 18 ½” x 30”)

Minimum Bid: $900

Mutamba I
1986
Lithograph, signed and dated by the artist
Paper 22” x 35” (Image 18 ½” x 30”)

Minimum Bid: $900

Roberto Burle Marx
Submitted by Conrad Hamerman, FASLA

Artist Bio: Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), leading landscape architect of the 20th century, was also Brazil’s most versatile and prolific artist. His office in Rio de Janeiro functioned much like a Renaissance workshop. In addition to landscape projects, carried out on four continents, he produced easel painting murals, lithographs, and tapestry and jewelry designs. Burle Marx was an outspoken conservationist and avid plant collector, introducing into his gardens new plant species gathered during expeditions to different phyto-geographic regions of Brazil, as well as during his travels abroad. For all aspects of his work he received international rewards, including doctorates from the Royal Academies of Art in London and in Holland, the Fine Arts Medal from the AIA in Washington, DC (1965), and The Medal of Honor from the ASLA (1985).

Artist Statement: Burle Marx usually titles his abstract paintings after completion of each piece. MUTAMBA is the native name of the tree, Guazama ulmifolia. The cadence of the word Mu-tam-ba, in which each syllable is equally stressed, seems to have been suggested by the rhythmic interplay of three shapes in the visual image, rather than by the actual tree.