This historically significant masterpiece sets an elite standard, establishing itself as a premier example of avant-garde architectural photography where structural infrastructure is deconstructed into a flat, abstract study of form and shadow. Shot in 1963, Leo Matiz masterfully bridges the gap between physical building blocks and the clean geometric purity of Neoplasticism, creating an explicit visual dialogue with the heritage of Piet Mondrian. The layout handles the sharp corners of the white concrete facade as dynamic graphic elements that pierce the composition, beautifully balanced by heavy, pitch-black shadow blocks and a texturized, cloudy background. Expertly developed as a premium gelatin silver print, the work celebrates material truth, contrast, and spatial harmony, delivering selective contemporary art collectors a museum-grade centerpiece of exceptional archival value.
Signed "Leo Matiz" lower left and embossed "Leo Matiz Foundation" on lower right, Verso reads: "Copyright: Alejandra Matiz"
Black and white photographs that reveal the various facets and aesthetic searches of the legendary Colombian photographer, recognized as the creator of memorable realistic, abstract and avant-garde images. They turned Leo Matiz into one of the most original and innovative personalities of universal photography in the 20th century.
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Avant-Garde Architectural Photography - Staring into Space, Mondrian, 1963
Staring into Space, Mondrian, 1963
From Black & White series
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 14 H x 17 W in.
1963 - Prited later
Unframed
Matiz was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in Garcia Márquez's Macondo, in 1917. His photography witnessed the most significant events in our history. Matiz also had important contributions in the fields of advertising, cinema, caricature, and the art market, the latter by founding the first art gallery in Bogotá, in which the work of Fernando Botero was exhibited for the first time. Matiz lived many years in Mexico in a period of incomparable intensity and enthusiasm. The photographer Matiz has been internationally recognized and was decorated by the French government as "Chevalier des Arts et des Letters" in 1995. He also received the "Filo D'Argento Award" in Florence, Italy, and the government of Colombia paid tribute to him in 1988. Matiz died in 1998, but his work will endure for posterity. The work of Leo Matiz is exhibited at the MoMA in New York.
