The presented work by Cuban painter Salvador Corratgé comes from his highly regarded creative period in the context of concrete art. Inspiration from geometric abstraction, enriched by the author's unique artistic experiments, is reflected here in a dynamic, yet balanced composition.

Born in Havana to a family of Catalan origin, Corratgé began his career at a time when abstract artistic expression was gaining strength in Cuba. He was significantly influenced by architecture, music and Japanese aesthetics. He studied at the prestigious Academy of San Alejandro and shortly afterwards architecture at the University of Havana. In 1953 he exhibited with the avant-garde group Los Once and later became a key member of the 10 Pintores Concretos group (1958–1961). He spent a significant part of his life in the diplomatic and cultural services of Cuba, including as a cultural attaché in Czechoslovakia, where he had his first solo exhibition.

In 1995, he received the Order of National Culture and in 2014 he was nominated for the National Prize for Fine Arts. In the last decade, international interest in his work has grown, especially thanks to the renewed interest in post-war Latin American abstract art. His work was recognized, among others, at the prestigious exhibition América Fría: La Abstracción Geométrica Latinoamericana entre 1934 – 1973 organized by the Fundación Juan March in Madrid in 2011, where it was described as one of the most radical and consistent within Cuban concrete art.