This canvas illustrates the explorations around geometric abstraction that Waldo Balart began between 1970 and 1979, years in which he lived between New York and Madrid. The artist created his first twodimensional works with the method he called “modular language,” which he would apply in the series Conjuntos no vacíos (1979). These pieces reflect his inquiries into abstract forms and chromatic systems, in which colors act like notes in a musical score, suggesting rhythms and melodies throughout the composition. The visual result is an obvious homage to Piet Mondrian.

Balart is an iconic figure of Cuban abstract art in exile. After he emigrated to the United States in 1959, he studied at the MoMA School of Art (1959–62). His work comprises paintings and sculptures highlighting his constant reoccupations with light, space, order, plane, and color