Pablo Vargas Lugo
Fortuna 5 (Cygnus, Pegasus, Lyra, Delphinus)

Fortuna 5 (Cygnus, Pegasus, Lyra, Delphinus)
Fortuna 5 (Cygnus, Pegasus, Lyra, Delphinus)
Fortuna 5 (Cygnus, Pegasus, Lyra, Delphinus)
ArtistMexican, born 1968
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Fortuna 5 (Cygnus, Pegasus, Lyra, Delphinus)
Date2008
Made inMexico
MediumFelt, coins and India ink on wood
Dimensions86 5/8 × 59 1/16 in. (220 × 150 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas
Object number2012.323
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Galería OMR, Mexico City]; sold to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 February - 5 May, 2013.

"Cosmic Dialogues," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millenium Gallery, May 14 - August 23, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: 5, [up arrow] N, Fortuna/ (Cygnus, Pegasus, Lyra, Delphinus), [Label from Gallery], PVL, [arrow] Arriba 5

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