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Mongo Santamaria
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Portrait of Mongo Santamaria playing Congas, with a graphic bolt zig-zag design in the background and foreground in red, blue, and orange. Another edition of this print exists in green. According to the artist statement, "Aguirre created the overall image of the print with the idea that the bolt design emulated the energy and projection of Mongo’s playing congas live. After exploring some solid colors and split fountain effect in the background (Artist proofs), the artist decided to produce an edition with a singular color background and split fountain approach for each print and therefore make them unique works of art. Due to time constraints, Aguirre instructed Jose Alpuche to run the edition and gave them the go-ahead to choose a variety of colors that reflected the exploration and discovery established initially in the artist proofs. Instead of creating a title for the print, Jose Antonio Aguirre approached Mr. Santamaria and asked him to sign each print, his autograph became the title for this work of art."
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