Leo Matiz
Cajas de madera, Venezuela

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Artist Leo Matiz (Colombian, 1917–1998)Colombian, 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

Object number2012.304

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Photographs by Latin American Artists

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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