%C2%A9 Enzo Cucchi
Il Respiro del Cavallo, 1982
Etching and aquatintexpand_more
Gift of Anne and Robert Buxtonexpand_more P.90.30.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Horses appear regularly in Enzo Cucchi’s paintings and graphic work, often in a symbolic role. Here, the wavy, abstract cloud—the horse’s exhaled breath—intermingling with crosses set in a desolate landscape may allude to the rhythms of life and death. Cucchi intended the subject to be mysterious, to elicit a poetic response from the viewer.
Cucchi was a pioneer of Neo-Expressionism, an artistic movement popular in Western Europe and the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. Neo-Expressionists emphasized nonconformity and experimentation, along with symbolism and mythic subjects.
Details
- Title
- Il Respiro del Cavallo
- Artist Life
- born 1949
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.90.30.1
- Provenance
- Anne and Robert Buxton, New York; given to MIA, 1990.
- Curator Approved
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© Enzo Cucchi