Or save it to favorites and we'll tell you if this item goes on sale!
- Get the Chairish App
- to view in your space
1970s Nicholas Uriburu Untitled Umbo Tree Series Painting
- Get the Chairish App
- to view in your space
Details
Description
This is an absolutely wonderful example of an “Umbu” series painting by Uriburu. Actual size is a larger size at …
more
This is an absolutely wonderful example of an “Umbu” series painting by Uriburu. Actual size is a larger size at 20” x 24”. Signs of craquelature pictured. One spot with paper stuck, and few tiny professional touch ups. Very tiny.
Wikipedia page: Nicolás García Uriburu (December 24, 1937 – June 19, 2016)[1][2][3] was an Argentine contemporary artist, landscape architect, and ecologist. His work in land art was aimed at raising consciousness about environmental issues such as water pollution.
Nicolás García Uriburu (1971).
Life and work Edit
Born in Buenos Aires in 1937, García Uriburu began painting at an early age and, in 1954, secured his first exhibition at the local Müller Gallery. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, where he received a degree in architecture, and relocated to Paris with his wife, Blanca Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, in 1965. He would later father a child named "Azul" with Blanca. His Three Graces, a sculpture in the pop art style, earned him a Grand Prize at the National Sculpture Salon in 1968. Venturing into conceptual art, he mounted an acrylic display at the Iris Clert Gallery, creating an artificial garden that set a new direction for García Uriburu's work towards environmental activism.[4]
He was invited to the prestigious Venice Biennale in June 1968, where García Uriburu dyed Venice's Grand Canal using fluorescein, a pigment which turns a bright green when synthesized by microorganisms in the water.[5] Between 1968 and 1970, he repeated the feat in New York's East River, the Seine, in Paris, and in Buenos Aires, initially at the mouth of polluted southside Riachuelo but was carried out in the Rio de la Plata instead.
A pioneer in what became known as land art, he created a montage in pastel colors over photographs of the scenes in 1970, allowing the unlimited photographic reproduction of the work for the sake of raising awareness of worsening water pollution, worldwide.[4] In addition to environmental conservation he also produced works of art that showcased humanistic naturalism and an antagonism between society and nature, such as: Unión de Latinoamérica por los ríos {Latin America Union for Rivers}, and No a las fronteras políticas {No to Political Borders}.
García Uriburu applied his fluorescein treatment on such diverse waterways as Paris' Lac de Vincennes (1971), the Trocadéro fountains (1972), the Port of Nice (1974) and the Port of Antwerp (1974). He continued to devote his art to the portrayal of endangered species and habitat loss, and was honored with a Grand Prize at the Tokyo Biennale in 1975. In 1981, he was invited by the German Green Party to dye the Rhine during a national day of protest called "Wasserfest."[6] Here he was approached by Joseph Beuys, who had been a co-founder of the Green Party, and asked if he could collaborate. The two artists would go on to collaborate the following year at the Kassel Documenta 7 exposition to carry out Beuys's project of planting 7,000 oaks. He and Beuys shared similar views on Humanism, social philosophy, ecology and libertarianism.
García Uriburu returned to Buenos Aires in 1982, following which he planted 50,000 trees. Remaining active in the city's tree-planting effort, he turned to portrait art and in 1993, was invited to the renowned Ruth Benzacar Gallery on Florida Street to present Utopía del Sur (Southern Utopia), a display devoted to his cause.[7]
During the final years while still active in his cause in Argentina, García Uriburu directed tree-planting efforts in neighboring Uruguay and organized protests over the unabated degradation of Buenos Aires' industrial Riachuelo waterway, jointly with Greenpeace. He also taught secondary school students and presided over the Foundation; which bears his name, displays his art and houses an extensive ethnographic museum devoted to Pre-Columbian art.[7]
In 2010, Nicolás Uriburu received the Creative Careers Award from the Center for Creativity Economics of Universidad del CEMA. "It is very difficult to make a true contribution to modern art, which changes the art we see and the way we think about it. It is also very difficult to make a true contribution to raising awareness of social problems such as the destruction of the environment. When someone does both, with elegance and humility, it is an extraordinary achievement," David Galenson, Academic Director of the Center for Creativity Economics, said on the occasion.[8]
In 2017, García Uriburu was again invited to the Venice Biennale, this time, as part of the main exhibition, titled VIVA ARTE VIVA.[9]
Prizes and recognition Edit
Uriburu has earned a number of prizes both in his native Argentina and abroad:
Gran Premio de Pintura Nacional (National Grand prize in Painting, Argentina 1968)
Prix Lefranc (Paris, 1968)
1st place Tokyo Biennial (Tokyo, 1975)
Premio Braque (Buenos Aires, 1993)
Primer Premio Otium Ecología (Buenos Aires, 1993)
Fondo Nacional de las Artes’ Premio a la Trayectoria (National Fund for the Arts: Career achievement award, Argentina 2000)
2010, Premio Carreras Creativas, Centro de Economía de la Creatividad, Universidad del CEMA, Buenos Aires.
Platinum Konex Award (Konex Foundation, Argentina 2002)
less
- Dimensions
- 30.25ʺW × 1.5ʺD × 26.5ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Landscape
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- Argentina
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Acrylic Paint
- Condition
- Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Bright Green
- Condition Notes
- Some craquelature, 1/2” piece of brown paper stuck, a few Professional tiny touchups. All pictured. Great overall presence. Some craquelature, 1/2” piece of brown paper stuck, a few Professional tiny touchups. All pictured. Great overall presence. less
Need more product details?
Shipping Options
Standard Returns & Cancellations
Return Policy - All sales are final 48 hours after delivery, unless otherwise specified in the description of the product.
Extended Return for Trade
- Expands return window for trade members to 14 days (12 days more than our standard return policy)
- Trade member to notify Chairish of intent to return within 14 days of item delivery
- Buyer refunded item cost. Buyer pays return shipping cost
- Does not apply to damages that occur post-delivery
Questions about the item?
Related Collections
- Oversized Paintings
- Abstract Oil Paintings
- 19th Century Paintings
- French Oil Paintings
- Abstract Landscape Painting
- Mughal Paintings
- Alice Ford Paintings
- Emanuel Romano Paintings
- Bathing Paintings
- California Paintings
- Lemon Paintings
- Large Scale Paintings
- Plein Air Paintings
- 19th Century Oil Paintings
- Angel Paintings
- Habersham Furniture Paintings
- Amedeo Clemente Modigliani Paintings
- Dibond Paintings
- English Country Home Paintings
- Edgar Degas Paintings
- Ilana Greenberg Paintings
- Paintings in Midland, TX
- Haley Mathewes Paintings
- Photogram Paintings
- Patrick Nagel Paintings
Returns
- Does not arrive
- Is broken during transit
- Is entirely different than what you purchased
- Some made-to-order items and a limited selection of other items (noted as non-refundable in the returns and cancellations section of the product description)
-
Orders where Free Local Pickup or Seller Managed Local Delivery were selected:
- Upon inspection, If you decide not to move forward with the purchase, you or your agent must refuse the item at the time of pickup/delivery from the seller
- Once you have taken possession of the item, all sales are final
- International, cross-border returns may require different processes depending on the countries between which the item is shipping to/from, and the buyer is responsible and duties (if applicable, on cross-border orders).
- On approved returns, the buyer is responsible for the full cost of return packing and shipping.
Cancellations
- Prior to shipping or local pickup, buyers may cancel an order for any reason, with the exception of some Made-to-Order items, where supplies have been purchased or work begun on the item.
- Please notify us within 24 hours of purchase if you would like to cancel an order, as prompt cancellation will reduce the likelihood that you will incur return shipping charges.
- Once shipping or pickup has been initiated, the cancellation will be considered a return and you will be responsible for the cost of shipping.
Shipping
Note: Made-to-Order items typically include a lead time or custom delivery window that is added to the delivery time.
- Chairish Express In-Home Delivery
- Chairish Express In-Home deliveries are currently only offered for international cross-border shipments.
- The item will be delivered to your home and placed in the desired room. The delivery service includes unpacking, inspecting, and removing packaging materials; and does not include installation or setting up the item.
- Shipping charges start at $999 and vary based on the size, weight, packaging, and/or the value of the item.
- Deliveries can take anywhere from 6 to 9 weeks to be delivered.
- Chairish Freight Delivery
- Delivered in a crate, to your front door.
- You will need tools and/or equipment to open the crate.
- Shipping charges start at $799 and vary based on the size, weight, packaging, and/or the value of the item.
- Chairish Freight deliveries can take anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks.
- Only available in selected markets.
- Chairish In-Home Delivery
- The item will be delivered to your home and placed in the desired room. The delivery service includes unpacking, inspecting, and removing packaging materials; and does not include installation or setting up the item.
-
Shipping charges start at $149 and based on the size and the distance between pickup and delivery
(for approximate values see table):
Delivery Type Within 50 miles radius Within 1,500 miles radius Over 1,500 miles radius International Cross-Border Shipping Price $149 - $299 $199 - $799 $449 - $899 Over $899 Transit Time 2 to 4 weeks 3 to 6 weeks 4 to 8 weeks 12 to 17 weeks - For some items, the shipping price may vary depending on the size, weight, material and/or value of the item.
- Free Local Pickup
- Local pickup allows customers to inspect an item at the time of pickup and avoid shipping costs.
- Following purchase, a confirmation email is sent to the email address associated with the order, and includes: Pickup Verification & Seller's contact information
- Please contact the seller within 5 days to coordinate pickup
- Once the item has been picked up (by you or your representative) it cannot be returned or refunded.
- Free Shipping
- Free shipping may be offered on select listings.
- Smaller items are typically delivered within 2 weeks of the purchase date, while larger items and furniture may take up to 6 weeks for delivery.
- When an item with Free Shipping is returned, the cost of return shipping fees will be charged to the buyer.
- Parcel Delivery
- Shipment is arranged through recognized carriers such as UPS, FedEx, and DHL.
- Only pieces that can be safely packed in a box or envelope may be shipped via parcel.
- Shipping charges start at $9 — and vary based on the size, weight, packaging and the value of the item.
Delivery Type US Domestic International Cross-Border Shipping Price $9 - $99 $39 - $499 Transit Time 1 to 2 weeks 2 to 4 weeks - Seller Managed Delivery
- Shipping is offered and managed by the seller, through a shipper of the seller’s choice.
- Available on items at the seller’s discretion.
- Seller Managed Local Delivery
- Local curbside delivery is offered and managed by the seller, within a limited geography.
- Following purchase, a confirmation email is sent to the confirmation email address associated with the order, and includes: Pickup Verification Code & Seller’s contact information
- Please contact the seller within 5 days to coordinate delivery.
The Chairish Buyer Guarantee
Make an Offer
Fees and shipping costs will be calculated in the next step
Have questions about how offers work? Learn more or .
Flag this comment for moderation?