Guy Vandenbranden (1926–2014) - Compositie

Guy Vandenbranden (1926–2014) - s.t.

1975
Color screen print on heavy art paper
69.5 × 49.8 cm
Edition: I/XXV (1/25)
Bottom-right signed in pencil “guy vandenbranden”
Numbered in pencil “I/XXV”
From the folder: 12 Artists, 1975 (Lions Club Antwerp)

This powerful geometrically abstract silkscreen print from 1975 is a representative example of Guy Vandenbranden's constructivist visual language. The composition is built up from sharply delineated diagonal and horizontal color fields in intense blue, orange, black, gray and green. The rhythmic build-up and the tension between diagonal movement and horizontal stability are characteristic of Vandenbranden's oeuvre from the seventies.

As a key figure within Belgian geometric abstraction and a member of the group Art Abstrait, Vandenbranden developed an internationally oriented language of form that aligns with Constructivism and Concrete Art. His work is represented in major public and private collections and continues to attract the interest of collectors of postwar abstract art.

This page is part of the prestigious portfolio “12 Artists” (1975), published by the Lions Club Antwerp, which included works by several leading Belgian artists. The edition consisted of only 25 copies; this is number I/XXV — the first issue of the edition, which is regarded as particularly attractive within collector circles.

The generous format (almost 70 cm tall) combined with the saturated color rendering gives the work a strong visual impact. The combination of a small edition, early edition status, and provenance from a collector's folder enhances its rarity and collectibility.

Condition: In good condition. Light, even aging of the paper in the margins appropriate to its age. Bottom left corner creased.

A rare and representative graphic publication by an important Belgian representative of geometric abstraction.