Artist: Margarita Morselli Title: "El Inicio" (The Beginning) Series: Punto Exacto (Exact Point) Year: 2001 (Inscribed and dedicated in 2005) Medium: Mixed Media on Paper (featuring signature airbrush and brushwork) Edition: P.A. (Prueba de Artista / Artist's Proof) Origin: Asunción, Paraguay

Description: Offered is an exquisite mixed-media work by the celebrated Paraguayan artist and cultural leader Margarita Morselli. This piece, titled "El Inicio" (The Beginning), belongs to her acclaimed Punto Exacto series, which has been exhibited internationally in Canada, Belgium, and France.

Morselli is renowned for her "lyrical abstraction"—a style that blends geometric certainty with a hazy, fantastic realism. In this work, she utilizes her signature palette of mineral tones and ocher to create a sense of deep, atmospheric space. The central motif—a luminous, perfectly rendered egg—symbolizes potential and origin, emerging from a "nido de sombras" (nest of shadows) that is characteristic of her 2000s-era output.

The piece is uniquely significant as an Artist's Proof (P.A.), traditionally reserved for the artist’s personal collection. It features a warm, handwritten dedication from 2005 on the lower margin: "para Francisco, con mi agradecimiento y cariño de una genuina amistad" (for Francisco, with my gratitude and affection of a genuine friendship).

Artist Background: Margarita Morselli is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work is held in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.) and the Museo del Barro (Asunción). She has represented Paraguay at the São Paulo Bienal and was featured in the landmark "Radical Women: Latin American Art" exhibition at the Hammer Museum.

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Condition Report: The artwork is in excellent condition, showing vibrant tonal gradations and crisp linework. It is elegantly framed under glass, preserving the delicate surface of the mixed media.

Dimensions: H:23in W:21in 

Keywords: Margarita Morselli, Paraguayan art, Asunción, Punto Exacto, El Inicio, 2001, Artist's Proof, P.A., mixed media, contemporary Latin American art, lyrical abstraction, fantastic realism, egg symbolism, mineral tones, airbrush art, cultural heritage, El Cabildo, Radical Women artists, South American surrealism, investment art.