Gabriel Salomon (1943) - Mixed Media Box

Gabriel Salomon (Argentina, born 1943)
“Composition”, 1987
Mixed Media Box / Assemblage

Mixed Media Box, "Composition" (1987), unsigned, verso labeled with gallery sticker (Alberto Elia, Buenos Aires), purchased in 2014 in the Oberhafen quarter (expert opinion by Prof. Elke Jensen on copy available), approx. 169x155x12 cm (with frame)

Original large-format mixed-media work by the Argentinian artist Gabriel Salomon, born 1943 in Buenos Aires.

The work “Composition” from 1987 is executed as a three-dimensional mixed-media box. The piece combines painting with sculptural and constructive elements and is presented in a deep, original black frame. The technique, according to the accompanying artist’s documentation, includes acrylic, oil, enamel, hardboard, fur, fabric, and various objects, which are assembled in box-like frames and encapsulated behind glass.

Artist: Gabriel Salomon
Nationality: Argentinian
Born: 1943, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Title: Composition
Year: 1987
Style: Abstract
Technique: Mixed Media Box / Assemblage
Dimensions: approx. 190 × 170 × 10 cm (H × W × D, including frame)
Signature: The work is not signed; on the reverse there is a gallery label with handwritten details about the artist.

Provenance and Documentation

On the reverse there is an original gallery label from Galería de Arte Alberto Elía, Buenos Aires, with the handwritten note “Gabriel Salomon.”

Extensive historical documentation is available for the work, including an expert opinion by Prof. Elke Jensen from Hamburg dating to 2014, as well as numerous historical exhibition and recommendation letters.

The documents record Salomon’s international exhibition activity. Exhibitions and presentations in Buenos Aires, New York, St. Petersburg, and other European cities are documented.

Of particular note is an invitation from the Association of Museums of the Leningrad Region, in which Gabriel Salomon was invited to exhibit his works in the New Passage Gallery and in museums in the St. Petersburg region. The planned exhibitions were scheduled for August to November 1992.

Additionally, there is a letter from the Museo de Arte Moderno of the City of Buenos Aires in which Salomon is presented as a renowned artist whose works have been exhibited in various major galleries as well as in the museum’s spaces.

Another official certificate from the Argentine Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto confirms support for Salomon’s exhibitions in New York, St. Petersburg, and various cities in what was then West Germany.

The artist’s biography also documents exhibitions at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, the Museo Sívori, and at Alberto Elía, Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires. The documents also note participation in Christie’s Latin American Contemporary Art Sale in New York in 1988.

The work is offered framed

Documentation: The extensive historical documentation and copies of the available expert opinion and exhibition materials will be provided to the purchaser.