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110 - Francisco ARIZTIA (1943-2022) Lunch in Chile, 1974 Oil on ca…
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Estimate €500 - €800
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Francisco ARIZTIA (1943-2022) Lunch in Chile, 1974 Oil on canvas, signed, titled, dated and situated in Les Sables-d'Olonne on the reverse Very slight loss of material 97 x 130 cm Francisco Ariztía (1943-2022), who trained in Santiago de Chile, Belgrade and then Paris, is a Chilean artist whose career has been profoundly marked by exile. He moved to Europe after the arrival of Pinochet in 1973, and settled in Portugal from 1975 onwards, where he developed a protean body of work (painting, etching, silkscreen, sculpture and mural art), always closely linked to the memory of his native country. In Déjeuner au Chili, produced in Les Sables-d'Olonne in 1974, the artist uses a figurative aesthetic to transform an everyday scene into a critical narrative. The allegorical figures that structure the composition (Death, War, the complacent bourgeoisie, the oppressed people and the mask embodying cultural identity) denounce the effects of American imperialism on Chilean society. In this work, strongly influenced by the contemporary spirit of Figuration Narrative, Ariztía channels a sensitive and universal political commitment that differs from his creations held in the collections of the Gulbenkian Centre for Modern Art and numerous contemporary art museums in Italy, France, Germany and Chile.
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About the sale Contemporary art and 20th century decorative arts
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Auction time 06/09/2026 at 1:30 PM
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