Leo Matiz
Cajas de madera, Venezuela

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Cajas de madera, Venezuela
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ArtistColombian, 1917–1998
CultureColombian
Titles
  • Cajas de madera, Venezuela
  • Wooden Boxes, Venezuela
Date1977
Place depictedVenezuela, South America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.304
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; by descent to his daughter, Alejandra Matiz, Leo Matiz Foundation; sold to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition HistoryLeo Matiz: El sentido de lo moderno. Caracas, Venezuela: Fundación Previsora, 2007
El mundo abstracto de Leo Matiz, 2010 Miami Biennial
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in graphite on verso:
ABSTRACTOS / 1977 c.a / 134, [symbol in rectangle] [top]
A [center in script]
36 [lower right]
Signed in graphite on verso lower left: Leo Matiz

134 [Signed] Leo Matiz 36

Stamped: Credit Must Be Given To (c) Leo Matiz
Stamped on verso lower right:CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / © LEO MATIZ

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