Leo Matiz
Pavo real del mar, Ciénaga Grande, Magdalena, Colombia

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Artist Leo Matiz(Colombian, 1917–1998)Colombian, 1917–1998

CultureColombian

Titles

Pavo real del mar, Ciénaga Grande, Magdalena, Colombia
Peacock of the Sea, Ciénaga Grande, Magdalena, Colombia

Date1939, printed 1998

Place depictedColombia

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 1/8 × 14 in. (28.3 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (31.8 × 39.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2012.306

Non exposé

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Photographs by Latin American Artists

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist; by descent to his daughter, Alejandra Matiz, Leo Matiz Foundation; sold to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History“The Will to Architecture,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 1–July 6, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in graphite across the lower verso edge:
Pavo Real Del Mar. Ciénaga Grande, Columbia 1939 3/7 Papel Bergere fibra mate, virado [?] al Sepia, baño al Selenio 1:8 LAB: M Agüero/06 / Colombia -

Inscribed on verso lower left: Foto de / Leo Matiz

Circular embossed: Leo Matiz Foundation stamp on recto lower right:: LEO MATIZ FOUNDATION © ALEJANDRA MATIZ / SINCE 1988 / M (inside circle)

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