José Balmes
Santo Domingo (Mayo '65)

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Artist José Balmes(Spanish, born 1927, active Chile)Spanish, born 1927, active Chile

CultureSpanish

Titles

Santo Domingo (Mayo '65)
Dominican Republic (May '65)

Date1965

MediumEgg tempera and newsprint on canvas

Dimensions70 3/4 × 59 1/4 in. (179.7 × 150.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas and Carlos Cruz Puga

Object number2009.1140

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

112 Brown Foundation Galleries

Exposé

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceThe artist; David Hughes; Patricia Subercaseaux Cruchaga; Carlos Cruz Puga; sold to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"Los Elegidos de la Pintura Chilena," Corporacion Cultural de las Condes Exposicion, Santiago, September–October, 1997.

"Heterotopias," Reina Sofia, Madrid, December 12, 2000–February 27, 2001.

"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920-1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 12, 2004.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in script recto lower right: "Jose Balmes 65"

Signed in ink on verso top and center stretcher: "BALMES" "BALMES 1965"

Printed labels on verso stretchers - see photocopies in Accession file:

"CORPORACION CULTURAL DE LAS CONDES / EXPOSICION: / "LOS ELEGIDOS DE LA PINTURA CHILENA" / SEPTIEMBRE - OCTUBRE DE 1997 / SANTIAGO - CHILE"

"... (torn) DICT Ronda de Segovia ... Madrid ... / ... / Exp. "Heterotopias" / Propietario: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Santiago de Chile) / Autor: Jose Balmes / Titulo: Santo Domingo (Mayo 65) EPT-12a. / No Orden: 47 No Caja: 13"

"JOSE BALMES / SANTO DOMINGO, Mayo 65 / Mixta madera sobre tela ... / Propiedad Sr. David Hughes"

Stamped on verso canvas: "... (illegible) / ... 17686 / 11.8 2009"

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