Armando Amaya (b. 1935)
Seated Woman
1980
Bronze
Signed and dated
Numbered I/VII
18 high x 13.5 x 16.25 in / 45,7 x 34,3 x 41,3 cm (without base)
With original hardwood base 18 x 15 x 2 in / 45,7 x 38 x 5 cm

Exhibited:
Galeria Tasende, Acapulco

Provenance:
Estate of Burt Wayne

Burt Wayne was a prominent New York interior designer and former president of Anne Klein Design Studio.

Born in Mexico City in 1935, Amaya studied at the National School of Painting and Sculpture under Jose Ruiz and Francisco Zuñiga. Later, he was appointed a Professorship at this same institution in 1969. He received much of his art training at the Esmeralda School, which was formed by a group of artisans producing government works. Noted for evocative interpretations of the female form, Amaya works directly from the model whether sculpting in terracotta clay, bronze or marble. His portrayal of the female body is dignified, graceful and unique, a melding of the Mexican Figurative movement with modernist experimentation. Amaya’s sculptures are in private and public collections throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Ecuador, Mexico and other Latin American countries. Armando Amaya’s sculptures: Desnudo Sentado and Mujer Con La Mano en La Cara were presented by Galería Tasende from April 9 - May 8 of 1982. Amaya, hailing from Mexico, is known for his depictions of the female form through sculptures in terracotta clay, marble, or bronze.

The sculptures were presented as a telling of Mexican art after the revolution in an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and lithographs featuring the following artists: Raúl Anguiano, Antonio Barbosa, Alberto de la Vega, José Kuri Breña, Ricardo Martínex, Trinidad Osorio, Humberto Peraza, and Francisco Zúñiga. Galería Tasende opened in La Jolla, CA in 1979 and has since produced numerous sculptural exhibitions and associated publications, and collaborated with the likes of the Museum of Contemporary Art, the City of Beverly Hills, and Chicago’s Mile of Sculpture.

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