Leo Matiz
UCV Escaleras, Venezuela

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UCV Escaleras, Venezuela
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ArtistColombian, 1917–1998
CultureColombian
Titles
  • UCV Escaleras, Venezuela
  • University City Stairwell, Venezuela
Date1950
Place depictedVenezuela
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions9 5/16 × 7 5/16 in. (23.7 × 18.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.305
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; by descent to his daughter, Alejandra Matiz, Leo Matiz Foundation; sold to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition HistoryLeo Matiz: El sentido de lo moderno. Caracas, Venezuela: Fundación Previsora, 2007
El mundo abstracto de Leo Matiz, 2010 Miami Biennial
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso upper center:U.C.V. 501
Signed in graphite on verso lower right: Leo Matiz
Stamped in black ink on verso: PROPIETE ET DROIT D'AUTEUR. 1991 ALEJANDRA MATIZ / INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY & (C) 1991 ALEJANDRA MATIZ / PROPEDAD INDUSTRIAL Y DERECHOS DE AUTOR 1991 ALEJANDRA MATIZ

Stamped in blue ink on verso center: FOTO LEO MATIZ / EDIFICIO TRINACRIA No.3 / AVENIDA ANAUCO / SAN BERNARDINO / TELEFONO 53.005 / CARACAS

Stamped in black ink in a rectangle, verso right side: FOTO / LEO MATIZ / Teléfono [illegible]



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