Pájaros No. 1
Artist
Julio Rosado del Valle
(Puerto Rican, 1922-2008)
Date1959
Object number60.0136
Medium oil and sand on Masonite
Dimensions51 7/8 x 48 1/16 in. (131.8 x 122.1 cm)
frame: 55 1/4 x 51 1/2 x 2 in. (140.3 x 130.8 x 5.1 cm)
59 15/16 x 59 15/16 in. (152.3 x 152.3 cm)
frame: 55 1/4 x 51 1/2 x 2 in. (140.3 x 130.8 x 5.1 cm)
59 15/16 x 59 15/16 in. (152.3 x 152.3 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
DescriptionThis composition resembles other works made by Rosado del Valle in the 1950s. As he did with other abstract works of the period, Rosado del Valle used a figure as a starting point in this painting, blurring the lines between abstraction and figuration in his oeuvre. In Birds No. 1, the profile of a bird is segmented with lines, geometric planes, and areas of a single color. As the viewer observes the painting more closely, other bird figures emerge within the tangle of lines and shapes. The artist’s concern for texture and materiality becomes evident in this work, as he used sand (in addition to paint) as a medium and painted on the rough side of the Masonite panel.
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