Juana Francés

JUANA FRANCÉS (Alicante, 1924–Madrid, 1990).
Untitled.
Mixed media on paper.
The frame shows slight damage.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 26 x 18 cm; 40 x 30 cm (frame).
Juana Francés was one of the most influential artists in 20th-century Spanish visual arts. A founding member of the El Paso group and the only woman to be part of it, she was always a natural-born creator. Internationally renowned, her works were exhibited in London, Venice, and New York as one of the most important Spanish avant-garde artists of the 20th century. Her work has been exhibited in major museums across the Americas and Europe, including the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The Amos Cahan Collection includes one of her works in its catalog. The Juana Francés Collection at the IAACC Pablo Serrano comprises more than 150 works, including paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures. Upon her death, she wished for her entire body of work to be preserved in public collections in the four Spanish cities with which she had an emotional connection: Zaragoza (IAACC Pablo Serrano), Alicante (MACA), Valencia (IVAM), and Madrid (Reina Sofía National Art Museum).