The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Square screenprint of a symmetrical checkered pattern radiating out from pale yellows and oranges in the center to greens and oranges, and then blues and reds at the edges in an ombré effect that creates the illusion of movement.

HD-1

1972

Hugo Rodolfo Demarco

(Argentinian, 1932–1995)
Argentina, Buenos Aires
color screenprint
Image: 59.7 x 59.7 cm (23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.); Sheet: 65.1 x 65.1 cm (25 5/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund 1973.1009
© Hugo Rodolfo Demarco
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Like many Latin American artists associated with kinetic art, Hugo Rodolfo Demarco spent much of his career in Paris.

Description

Hugo Rodolfo Demarco aligned himself with kinetic art, a movement that spread across Latin America in the decades after World War II. Rather than focusing on representation or abstraction, these artists used bright colors and eye-bending forms to suggest movement and engage the viewer through visual perception. In this print, Demarco created dense geometric patterns of colored squares that suggest three dimensionality.
  • ?-1973
    (Plunkett & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1973-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).
  • {{cite web|title=HD-1|url=false|author=Hugo Rodolfo Demarco|year=1972|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1973.1009