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Meditación en Blanco signed and dated 1966 (lower left) oil on canvas 24" x 36" (61 cm x 91 cm) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Manila LITERATURE Alfonso de la Torre, Rafael Pérez-Madero, Fernando Zóbel. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings 1946-1984, Azcona Foundation, Madrid, 2022, nº 66-15, p. 328 Zóbel's artistic journey spanned continents and genres, ultimately leading him to develop his distinctive style of abstract realism. Through his mastery of form, color, and composition, Zóbel created works that blurred the boundaries between abstraction and representation, inviting viewers to experience the world in a new and profound way. As an artist, Zóbel’s creations from the mid-sixties through the seventies had featured his distinctive abstract approach. Working mostly in black with his ‘Serie Negra’ (Black Series) from 1959 up until the early sixties, the internationally renowned artist’s predilections were to evolve into new and novel forms of abstraction. Though his artistic ingenuity was not tied to any sort of natural genius, hence his proclivity to evolve and think outside of the box. Zóbel was an intellectual who constantly conceptualized and thought about the things that animate and energize his world. Though he is often considered an idealist, Zóbel can also be seen as a pragmatist whose ideals were grounded in the reality of art and the process of creativity. Zóbel himself pointed out “I think painters paint the world they live in.”
