Jorge de la Vega
Ciudad respiratoria

Ciudad respiratoria
Ciudad respiratoria
Ciudad respiratoria
ArtistArgentinean, 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
Object number2011.1065
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Atrium Floor 2
On view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; Jorge Helft and Marion Helft, Buenos Aires; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
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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1994
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Cometa (objeto mágico)
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1992
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1991
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2005.322
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1979
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2009.1810
900 IV
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