Muro Bianco

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Artist Gonzalo Fonseca(Uruguayan, 1922–1997)Uruguayan, 1922–1997

CultureUruguayan

Titles

Muro Bianco
White Wall

Date1977

MediumRoman travertine

DimensionsOverall: 92 7/8 × 181 1/16 × 32 5/8 in. (235.9 × 459.9 × 82.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2024.287

Current Location

The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden

Sculpture Garden

Exposé

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceArtist, Pietrasanta, Italy, 1977; [Arnold Herstand and Company, New York, 1991]; Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, Caracas, Venezuela, 1991; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Published References The work has been referenced in the following publications: Peruga, Iris. Mundos de Gonzalo Fonseca. Caracas: Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1994, pg. 68. Pérez Oramas, Luis, Rosa Amelia Sosa, and Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Coleccionar en America Latina. Caracas: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, 1997, p. 15. Sánchez-Osorio, Nicolás H. “Enclavada en el Country de Caracas surge la Ribereña: Casa de Gustavo y Patty Cisneros.” Casas & Gente 127(13) p. 38. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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