Description
Benito Quinquela Martín
Atracando, 1948
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In Atracando, Benito Quinquela Martín concentrates the intensity of dockside labor in the figure of a worker handling the mooring lines, with the port as a backdrop. The worker’s gesture, the tension of the rope, and the architecture of La Boca create a dynamic scene closely tied to one of the central themes of his oeuvre.
The etching translates that world into the language of printmaking through a dense network of incisive lines, contrasts, and textures that heighten the physical force of the scene.
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Technique: etching on paper
Unframed dimensions: 20 × 20 cm
Framed dimensions: 37 × 37 cm
Signature: signed and dedicated
Date: 1948
Provenance: private collection
