Waiting Lady (1944)
                                  gouache on paper 
                            Gift of Joseph Cantor, 1958

Pedro Figari
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Throughout his career Figari produced paintings covering a wide range of subjects related to the traditions and customs of the Rio de la Plata region: landscapes, interiors of colonial patios, folk dances of African origin, fashionable salons, socio-historical topics, country women, horses and gauchos, all executed with a lyrical quality and freedom deriving from French Post-Impressionism. Solo exhibits of the artist's work include those held at the Sociedad de Amigos del Arte, Buenos Aires, 1938; the Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1960; the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1961; the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Museo de Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires, 1967; the Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, 1986; and the Pavillon des Arts, Paris, 1992. Figari's work was included in The Latin-American Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943; Art of Latin America since Independence, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1966; Figari, Reveron, Santa Maria, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota, 1985; and Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820-1980, Hayward Gallery, London, 1989.

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