Claudio Perna
Confidencial

Confidencial

© Estate of Claudio Perna / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Confidencial
Confidencial
ArtistItalian, 1938–1997, active Venezuela
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Confidencial
  • Confidential
Date1970s
Made inVenezuela
MediumPostcards and photographs on printed paper
Dimensions31 × 43 in. (78.7 × 109.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.385
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; estate of Claudio Perna; Christopher Gow, New York; [Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in red ink on verso lower right: 16
Inscribed in graphite on recto lower right: 16
Unsigned
Printed along the lower margin:
Compiled and Drawn by / R. BAXTER BLAIR Made in U.S.A. Published by DENOYER-GEPPERT CO., Chicago 1959 COPYRIGHT / DENOYER-GEPPERT COMPANY Map H14 Discoveries and Colonization

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