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Study for Painting No. 1 (14)

Close up of Study for Painting No. 1 (14)

A symmetrical abstract painting with a dark "V" down the center with various vertical and horizontal bands of black, brown, blue, yellow, and red intersecting it the background.
A symmetrical abstract painting with a dark "V" down the center with various vertical and horizontal bands of black, brown, blue, yellow, and red intersecting it the background.
Fanny Sanín, Study for Painting No. 1 (14), 1998; Acrylic on paper, 19 x 22 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of the artist; © Fanny Sanín

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Fanny Sanín

  • Title

    Study for Painting No. 1 (14)

  • Date

    1998

  • Medium

    Acrylic on paper

  • Image Credit

    © Fanny Sanín

  • On Display

    No

The Artist, Fanny Sanín

Fanny Sanín, one of Colombia’s second-generation abstract artists, turned to geometric abstraction in 1969 and never looked back.
A light-skinned older woman with short, light brown hair stands in front of an abstract painting. She wears a black and white striped shirt with two beaded necklaces. The painting behind her depicts grey and red rectangles framing grey, brown, and green triangles.