Mario Abreu
Caja mágica

Caja mágica
Caja mágica
Caja mágica
ArtistVenezuelan, 1919–1993
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
  • Caja mágica
  • [Magic Box]
Date1981
MediumAssembly of miscellaneous materials
Dimensions97 × 49 × 8 in. (246.4 × 124.5 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Luis A. Benshimol
Object number2017.471
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceGalería Durban, Caracas; Colección Jimmy Belilty, Caracas; Fundación Privada Allegro, 2002; given to MFAH, 2017.


Exhibition History"Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 28, 2018–January 21, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The work is signed in the front, right-hand corner.

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