Luísa Penha (1958) - Sin título

Luísa Penha has been in Álvaro Siza's studio since 1978, the first Portuguese winner of the Pritzker Prize; few people have worked so long alongside the living European architect who is most influential. Born in Porto in 1958, she studied architecture at the Porto School of Fine Arts; she earned a degree from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto in 1986 with the Engenheiro António de Almeida prize for the best grade in her class. She has worked with Álvaro Siza since 1978, more than forty years in the studio of the first Portuguese Pritzker laureate. Her eight-color serigraphy, the most complex in the album, depicts the silhouette of a two-pitched roof house in dense black on a background that imitates wood grain, with a oculus and a door left light.

Original eight-color screenprint by Luísa Penha, printed in 2014 at the CPS Atelier in Lisbon on 290 g/m² Fabriano Tiepolo paper, sheet 70 × 50 cm (27.6 × 19.7 inches) with an image of 33 × 27 cm. Black silhouette of a two-pitched roof house on an ochre ground with a wood-grain texture.

It belongs to the album 12 Serigrafias de Arquitect@s, published in 2014 by the Centro Português de Serigrafia (CPS) and the Ordem dos Arquitectos of Portugal, curated by architect Manuel Graça Dias. The twelve works were printed at the CPS Atelier in Lisbon in 2014. The album was presented on World Architecture Day 2014 and was re-exhibited at the Roca Lisboa Gallery in 2020.

Edition: Copy 79/115. Edition: 115 numbered copies, 15 artist's proofs (A.P.) and 15 H.C. (hors de commerce), certified with the CPS blind stamp.

Condition: new. The sheet has not been framed or exhibited. Photographs have been corrected for light, color, and perspective from shots of this copy; the view of the full sheet and the framed simulation remove creases and shadows of the shot, which are not present on the paper.

Sold by a private collector. Shipped in rigid flat packaging.

Luísa Penha has worked in the office of Álvaro Siza, the first Portuguese winner of the Pritzker Prize, since 1978. She was born in Porto in 1958 and studied architecture at the Porto School of Fine Arts, graduating from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto in 1986 with the Engenheiro António de Almeida prize for the highest mark of her year. She has worked with Álvaro Siza since 1978. Her eight-colour print, the most complex in the album, shows the silhouette of a gabled house in dense black over a ground that imitates wood grain, with a round window and a door left light.

Original eight-colour screenprint by Luísa Penha, printed in 2014 at the CPS Atelier in Lisbon on 290 gsm Fabriano Tiepolo paper, sheet 70 × 50 cm (27.6 × 19.7 in), image 33 × 27 cm. Black silhouette of a gabled house on an ochre wood-grain ground.

It belongs to the album 12 Serigrafias de Arquitect@s, published in 2014 by the Centro Português de Serigrafia (CPS) and the Portuguese Order of Architects, curated by the architect Manuel Graça Dias. All twelve works were printed at the CPS Atelier in Lisbon in 2014. The album was first shown on World Architecture Day 2014 and again at the Roca Lisboa Gallery in 2020.

Edition: Copy 79/115. Edition: 115 numbered copies, 15 artist's proofs and 15 H.C., certified with the CPS blind stamp.

Condition: new. The sheet has never been framed or exhibited. Photographs were corrected for light, colour and perspective from shots of this copy.

Sold by a private collector. Shipped flat in rigid packaging.