Untitled, 1974, Signed and dated lower right Graphite and watercolor on paper, 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in
"What was important to Otero was to get closer to things, to encircle them, as he used to say, and penetrate into their apparent mysteries, going beyond so as to see and understand better. His interest in grasping the essential feature of each facet of the world resulted, for the most part, in works of art which are characterized by the strength of structure. The gradual shedding of the superfluous was, for Otero, a means of reaching the essence, the framework of form within space."
— María Elena Ramos on Alejandro Otero [1]
Alejandro Otero (b. 1921, Piar, Venezuela - d. 1990, Caracas, Venezuela)