Gonzalo Fonseca
Mosaic Coffee Table

Mosaic Coffee Table

© 1959 Estate of Gonzalo Fonseca

Mosaic Coffee Table
Mosaic Coffee Table
ArtistUruguayan, 1922–1997
CultureUruguayan
Titles
  • Mosaic Coffee Table
Date1959
MediumMosaic tile and wood
Dimensions16 5/8 × 49 × 49 in. (42.2 × 124.5 × 124.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2017.111
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
Exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceArtist; [Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2016
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The artist has dated the work “1959” on the top right corner of the mosaic and initialed “T.T.G” in the bottom left.

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