This remarkable historical work represents a deeply intimate exploration of fetishism, sensuality, and theatrical costuming. Conceived as an original drawing on paper, the piece showcases extraordinary technical mastery in pure contour linework, contrasting the organic form of the body with the complex geometric structure of laces, corsetry, and garter straps. The personal inscription "Para Celso" grants the artwork a rare autobiographical provenance, adding historical weight to Grau's mature period. Balancing academic precision with bold erotic narrative, this unique study stands as a vital statement within Latin American modernism, making it a highly desirable acquisition for sophisticated contemporary art collections.
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Original drawing on paper - Para Celso 1984 by Enrique Grau
Para Celso, 1984
Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 23 H x 18 W in.
Unique
Unframed
Provenance: Private collection.
Enrique Grau was born in Panama City and raised in Cartagena, Colombia. The Colombian government granted him a scholarship to attend the Art Students' League in New York from 1940 to 1943, where he studied painting with Harry Sternberg, Morris Kantor, and George Grosz. His subjects, mostly Amerindian and Afro-Columbian figures, can be divided into three phases: from the early 1950s, lyrical, Impressionistic forms; following his trip to Florence in 1954, cubist figures; and after 1957, classicized female portraits showing the influence of his colleague, Alejandro Obregón. The recipient of the coveted title Hijo Predileco de Cartagena de Indias (Favorite Son of Cartagena de Indias), he also won the National Prize in the 1959 Salon of Latin American Art, Cartagena. Both the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris have held major exhibitions of his work. Shortly before his death in 2004, Grau donated to the city of Cartagena over 1300 of his artworks for a new museum.
