One of the official posters of the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany, signed by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes.
One of the 14 official posters of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, created by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, titled "Maracanã".
Limited edition of 800 copies worldwide, numbered and signed by the artist. This piece is numbered 501/800; the image shown here is another piece, numbered 34/800.
97 x 65 cm.
Excellent condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
The artist's creation had to contain a connection to football, without losing the identity of her work; it was a time-consuming work. First of all, the artist had to consult her father about football. And she also had to do a little research on flags. She finished it in 2005 and, in May 2006, she went to Berlin to sign the original.
I used the traditional soccer ball [black and white panels] to create a central axis for the composition. Around it, I drew five rings, each representing a country on its continent. From this axis, arabesque shapes form a kind of 'dance' on the surface of the paper. A kind of 'dance on the green'.
Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960) is a Brazilian artist born in Rio de Janeiro. Color is a fundamental element of her work, as are geometric abstraction, flowers and arabesques.
Since the 1990s, she has been featured in international exhibitions in the United States and Europe and is part of the collections of museums such as the MoMa, Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museum in New York. In 2006, she was the only South American invited to design one of the 14 official World Cup posters. Like music, the theme of football is recurrent in Brazilian culture: this colorful and cheerful work by Milhazes celebrates this popular passion.
A painting by Beatriz Milhazes, "The Modern", from 2002, was sold in 2001 in London for US$ 1.1 million (R$ 1.8 million) at auction. This amount, now a world record for the artist from Rio de Janeiro, beats the price of the painting "The Magician", sold three years ago at a Sotheby's auction in New York for US$ 1.049 million, or approximately R$ 1.68 million. In short, Beatriz Milhazes has become a renowned artist, increasingly sought after by Brazilian and foreign collectors. Her autographs are rare; this is the only one I have found so far.
