Artist
Jorge de la VegaArgentinean, 1930–1971
CultureArgentinean
Titles
- Ciudad respiratoria
- Breathing City
Date1963
MediumPossibly painted tin, synthetic paint, oil paint, and aluminum sheet
Dimensions77 × 52 in. (195.6 × 132.1 cm)
Credit LineJorge and Marion Helft Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2011.1065
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Atrium Floor 2
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 16–September 8, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed recto lower left in black paint: de la Vega / 63
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