Bencab has shown his versatility by exploring various themes and styles in his long, illustrious career. He has explored abstraction, Modernist, and representational styles and figure drawings at various stages. In this work, linear figures and abstraction come together with representational drawing of pieces cloths. Two pieces of draped cloth are painted over the dark, truffle brown background. The cloths look like the Greek sculpture Nike’s wings. Drawing drapery and copying Greek sculptures is a foundation course when one is a beginner in art school. Here, Bencab revisits the classics in this basic and tedious exercise of drawing drapery. The unexpected combination of drapery and a dark plane is both witty and eclectic.
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Benedicto Cabrera (b.1942)
Drapes
signed and dated 1971 (lower right)
pencil on paper
11” x 14” (28 cm x 36 cm)
SOLD: PHP 1,518,400
Leon Gallery wishes to thank Mrs. Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo for confirming the authenticity of this lot
Provenance: Luz Gallery