Description
Benito Quinquela Martín
Atracando, c. 1940
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In Atracando, Quinquela Martín concentrates the energy of the port of La Boca in the physical effort of dockworkers handling the mooring lines. Figures, ropes, vessels, and port architecture are woven together through a dense network of lines and contrasts, translating into etching one of the central themes of his work: collective labor and life along the Riachuelo.
This impression is signed by the artist at lower right, titled ATRACANDO at the center, and bears a handwritten dedication at lower left.
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Technique: etching on paper
Date: c. 1940 for the composition
Unframed dimensions: 60 × 50 cm
Signature and inscriptions: signed “Quinquela Martín” at lower right; titled “ATRACANDO” at lower center; handwritten dedication at lower left
Provenance: private collection; entered the family as a gift to his mother around the mid-1980s from a countess.
