Manolo Valdes

MANOLO VALDÉS (Valencia, 1942).
"Rodrigo de la Fuente III" 1986.
Etching and collage, copy H.C. IV/X.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 49 x 64 cm.

This engraving with collage in relief on paper was part of a series in which Manolo Valdés reinterpreted the famous portrait of Rodrigo de la Fuente by Velázquez. Valdés uses his characteristic style of simplifying forms and rich textures to reinterpret masterpieces of art history.

A member of Equipo Crónica, Manolo Valdés has been awarded the Lissone and Biella prizes in Milan, the silver medal of the II International Biennial of Prints in Tokyo, the Bridgestone Art Museum prize in Lisbon, the National Plastic Arts Prize, the medal of the International Festival of Plastic Artists of Baghdad, the Decoration of the Order of Andres Bello in Venezuela, the award of the National Council of Monaco, the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts, the Award of the Spanish Association of Art Critics and the Best Printmaking Artist Award, among others. He is represented in some of the most prominent museums around the world, such as the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Metropolitan, the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Fons National d'Arts Plastiques in Paris, the Kusnthalle in Hamburg, the Kunstmuseum in Berlin and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, among many others.