Carmen Herrera
Rojo y Negro
1993
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Artist
Carmen Herrera
1915–2022 · Cuban-American · Based in New York, USA & Paris, France
- Universidad de La Habana (Architecture, 1938–1939)
- Art Students League of New York (1943–1947)
- Painting
- Hard-Edge Abstraction
- Minimalist Reliefs
- Estructuras
Carmen Herrera developed a rigorous geometric language in Paris and New York from the late 1940s onward, reducing paintings to sharply balanced fields of color and line. Despite working alongside better-known male abstractionists, she received sustained institutional recognition only late in life.
Painting; sculpture; works on paper
Gallery Representation
Objects
Artist Films
Dana Miller on Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1959–71Blanco y Verde series
- 1959Green and White
- 1949Iberic
- 1952Field of Combat
- 1952Black and White
- 1971Amarillo Dos
- 1965Untitled
- 2012Equilibrio
- 1966–2015Structura series
- 2010sAluminum works
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo