Artist
César Paternosto(Argentinean, born 1931)Argentinean, born 1931
CultureArgentinean
Titles
- I Wonder Why
Date1971
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 48 1/16 × 48 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (122 × 122 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas
Object number2022.108
Non exposé
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryCésar Paternosto, 1969-1980, Center for Interamerican Relations (today Americas Society), New York, 1981.
César Paternosto: Painting as Object: The Lateral Expansion. New Works, Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2012.
Arte en América Latina, inaugural exhibition, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires-Colección Constantini (MALBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto:[none]
Verso: signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
Verso: Inscribed in marker, center horizontal wooden strainer: CÉSAR PATERNOSTO – 1970-1 / ACRYLIC EMULSION / COTTON DUCK – [print]
Verso: signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
Verso: Inscribed in marker, center horizontal wooden strainer: CÉSAR PATERNOSTO – 1970-1 / ACRYLIC EMULSION / COTTON DUCK – [print]
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Verso: Signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
Verso: Signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
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