Mario Abreu
Cometa (objeto mágico)

Cometa (objeto mágico)
Cometa (objeto mágico)
Cometa (objeto mágico)
ArtistVenezuelan, 1919–1993
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
  • Cometa (objeto mágico)
  • Kite (magic object)
Date1992
MediumPaint, cardboard, various plastics, galvanised iron chain, sheet metal, decorative rubber cement adhesive on wood
Dimensions24 × 19 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (61 × 48.9 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Luis A. Benshimol
Object number2017.473
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; […]; Luis Benshimol; 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
Verso: Inscribed, signed, and dated in white paint, center: TITULO [underlined] / COMETA / objeto magico [cursive] / Mario Abreu [cursive] / 1992
Recto: Signed and dated in white paint, left center: Mario Abreu [cursive] / 1992
Recto: Signed in white paint, upper center: Mario Abreu [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed, signed, and dated in white paint, center: TITULO [underlined] / COMETA / objeto magico [cursive] / Mario Abreu [cursive] / 1992
Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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