Grupo Mondongo
Políptico de Buenos Aires

Políptico de Buenos Aires

© 2016 Grupo Mondongo

Políptico de Buenos Aires
Políptico de Buenos Aires
ArtistArgentinean, founded 1999
CultureArgentinean
Titles
  • Políptico de Buenos Aires
  • Polyptych of Buenos Aires
Date2014/2016
MediumPlasticine, wax, tar, steel, cotton threads on wood
DimensionsOpen: 169 11/16 × 134 1/4 × 3 15/16 in. (431 × 341 × 10 cm)
Closed: 84 5/8 × 134 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (215 × 341 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2017 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction
Object number2018.82
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Atrium Floor 3
Exposé

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ProvenanceThe artists, 2017; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Home—So Different, So Appealing," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 11–October 15, 2017; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 17, 2017–January 21, 2018.

"Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 16–September 8, 2019.

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