Luis Jiménez, Howl, 1977
Luis Jiménez
1940 - 2006
Howl, 1977
lithograph, trial proof
signed and editioned lower right: Luis Jimenez / "trial proof"
published by Hand Graphics, Ltd., Santa Fe
printed by David Panosh
36 x 26 in. (91.4 x 66 cm.), frame: 40 1/4 x 30 1/4 x 3/4 in. (102.2 x 76.8 x 1.9 cm.)
Private Collection, Nevada
Luis Jiménez was a Mexican-American/Chicano sculptor best known for large, polychromed fiberglass public works featuring bold, neon-slick surfaces learned in his father’s El Paso sign shop, fused with themes from Southwestern life and Mexican muralism. Trained at the University of Texas, he later taught at the University of Arizona and the University of Houston. Signature works include Border Crossing / Cruzando el Río Bravo (1989), the agrarian monument Sodbuster, San Isidro (1982–83), and Denver International Airport’s Mustang(installed 2008). His art appears in major museum collections and surveys; a large retrospective, Man on Fire, opened at the Albuquerque Museum in 1994.
This work exemplifies Jiménez’s billboard-bright color and muscular contour, and it seeds a motif he later revisited in sculpture, underscoring the image’s importance within his Southwestern, pop-vernacular iconography.
Condition
A condition report for this lot is available upon request (please include the lot number in your request) and is provided by Santa Fe Art Auction as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers.
Luis Jiménez
1940 - 2006
Howl, 1977
lithograph, trial proof
signed and editioned lower right: Luis Jimenez / "trial proof"
published by Hand Graphics, Ltd., Santa Fe
printed by David Panosh
36 x 26 in. (91.4 x 66 cm.), frame: 40 1/4 x 30 1/4 x 3/4 in. (102.2 x 76.8 x 1.9 cm.)
Private Collection, Nevada
Luis Jiménez was a Mexican-American/Chicano sculptor best known for large, polychromed fiberglass public works featuring bold, neon-slick surfaces learned in his father’s El Paso sign shop, fused with themes from Southwestern life and Mexican muralism. Trained at the University of Texas, he later taught at the University of Arizona and the University of Houston. Signature works include Border Crossing / Cruzando el Río Bravo (1989), the agrarian monument Sodbuster, San Isidro (1982–83), and Denver International Airport’s Mustang(installed 2008). His art appears in major museum collections and surveys; a large retrospective, Man on Fire, opened at the Albuquerque Museum in 1994.
This work exemplifies Jiménez’s billboard-bright color and muscular contour, and it seeds a motif he later revisited in sculpture, underscoring the image’s importance within his Southwestern, pop-vernacular iconography.
Condition
A condition report for this lot is available upon request (please include the lot number in your request) and is provided by Santa Fe Art Auction as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers.
