Name: MIGUEL ORTIZ BERROCAL (1933-2006)
Brand: Maria de la O
Price: 2600.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

MIGUEL ORTIZ BERROCAL (1933-2006)
Maria de la O
incised with the artist's signature and number 'berrocal 23/200' (on the underside)
polished bronze
4 x 6 x 2 ⅞ in. (10.2 x 15.2 x 7.3 cm.)
Executed in 1964. This work is number 23 from an edition of 200.

Louis and Charlotte Bergman, New York and Jerusalem
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 2006

D. Chevalier, Berrocal, Paris, 1965.
L. Vincenti, "Darò a tutti una scultura," Oggi. Settimanale di politica, attualità e cultura, no. 49, 7 December 1970, pp. 58-59 and 61.
G. Marchiori, La Sculpture de Berrocal, Brussels, 1973, pp. 69 and 110 (another example illustrated).
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art: Catalog of the Collection, January 1, 1977, New York, 1977, p. 15.
Miguel Berrocal Skulpturen, exh. cat., Offenbach am Main, 1987, p. 66 (another example illustrated).
J.-L., Ferrier, Berrocal, Pairs, 1989, p. 149 (another example illustrated).
50 Masters of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, 1992, p. 76 (another example illustrated).
M. Berrocal, Berrocal: Réflexions sur la Sculpture, Paris, 1993, pp. 8-9, 20-21 and 48 (another example illustrated).
Berrocal, Escultura en el Aula, Seville, 1994, p. 28.
Berrocal Sculture e Disegni 1958-1995, Verona, 1995, p. 109.
Berrocal, Valencia, 2002, pp. 42-43.

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Miguel Ortiz Berrocal (1933-2006) was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor best known for his puzzle sculptures. These works can be disassembled into many abstract pieces and can also be reassembled into different arrangements.

A print and digital version of the instruction and assembly for the sculpture can be obtained by contacting the Berrocal Foundation at berrocal.net.