Crocker Art Museum
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Silent Auction 2024

Fri, May 10, 2024 03:00AM EDT - Sat, Jun 1, 2024 04:00PM EDT
Lot 256

LUIS MARTINEZ, The Sacred Balance

Estimate: $405 - $495

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Luis Martinez
The Sacred Balance
2023
Acrylic on canvas, crushed glass and gold leaf
29 x 23 in.
Fair market value: $450

Information provided by the Artist: Luis Martinez, MD, MPH, is a contemporary realist painter, neurologist, and Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute. A native of Bogota, Colombia, his colorful paintings pay homage to his career as a neFurologist. His distinctive personal style expresses an amalgamation of brain science and visual art. Martinez’s artwork has been exhibited in Colombia, Argentina, and the U.S., including “Openness” at Evolved Art Gallery, San Francisco, “Magic Realism” at UCSF Gallery190, and Second Saturdays Natomas Gallery in Sacramento, California. As a neurologist, he wants to promote art in different expressions as a therapeutic tool to improve the quality of life of people with neurodegenerative diseases.


Overall Dimensions
Height: 29.00
Width: 23.00

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The Crocker Art Museum Association is a tax­ exempt, nonprofit organization as described in section 501 {c)3 of the IRS Code. Our tax identification number is 94-2552486.
Thank you for supporting the Crocker!