Víctor Grippo
Sans titre [Rosa y plomada]

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Artist Víctor Grippo (Argentinean, 1936–2002)Argentinean, 1936–2002

CultureArgentinean

Titles

Sans titre [Rosa y plomada]
Untitled [Rose and Plumb-line]

Date1984

MediumLead, wood, plumb-line, glass and paint

Dimensions23 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (59.1 × 41.9 × 14.9 cm)

Credit LineJorge and Marion Helft Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2011.1067

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

ASSEMBLAGE

ProvenanceThe artist; Jorge Helft and Marion Helft, Buenos Aires; sold to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Art From Argentina in Oxford," September 1994

"Contingent Beauty." Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. November 22, 2015 - February 28th, 2016
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed on verso backboard in black ink: [signature]/1984 / [up arrow symbol] / 2 / 1

Signed and dated on object recto lower right, incised in surface: GRIPPO 1984
Signed in ink on verso backboard GRIPPO/1984

Printed gallery label with additonal information typed on verso backboard:
Delmiro Mendez e Hijo / TRANSPORTE DE OBRAS DE ARTE / JURAMENTO 1033 / 1429 BUENOS AIRES / A R G E N T I N A / Tel. 783-4454/784-1093 / TLX.24898 DELART AR / Exposición: ART FROM ARGENTINA IN OXFORD / Obra No. 44 Cajón: 25 Fecha: Sep/94 / Titulo: "Rose and plumb line" / Autor: VICTOR GRIPPO

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