Provenance:
The Estate of the Artist, Buenos Aires.
VAN EYCK, Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires.
Sammer Gallery, Miami, FL.
Private Collection, London.
Victor Magariños studied at the Manuel Belgrano School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, an institution at which he was later employed as a lecturer. In 1946, he founded Grupo Joven, a highly active and important force within the Latin American avant-garde. Magariños traveled to Paris in 1951 on a grant from the French government, and there where he met Georges Vantongerloo, Fernand Léger, and Max Bill. In 1964, Magariños was selected for the 1964 Torcuato Di Tella National Institute Award, a prestigious prize. In 1967, after moving to the coastal town of Pinamar, Magariños built a house and studio which became an artistic and educational hub for over twenty years. In 1994, after his death, Magariños’ Pinamar studio was preserved as the Centro de Artes Magariños. In 2000 it was declared a Historical and Cultural Heritage Site of the Pinamar Municipality and, more recently, was incorporated into the Network of Creators’ Houses of UNESCO, an international initiative that proposes to connect cultural spaces in Latin America.
