Untitled (Surreal Blue figure)

Manuel Bea Cervera

Typical of the style that Cervera developed at the height of his Abstract Figuration period in the 1960s and ‘70s, this otherworldly composition highlights his appreciation for smooth, nearly liquid kineticism, rendering shapes that seem to glide across the page in self-propelled movement.

Whether working in lithography, intaglio, or in the multi-media sculpture he gravitated toward later in his career, a kind of elegance permeated the Abstraction that he was drawn toward: angular German Expressionism, the sharper edges of Miro and other leading Spanish abstract artists of the 20th century. His evolution of style required something a little more introspective, as seen in the earthy tones and shapes of this untitled color lithograph.