Leo Matiz
Abstracción

Abstracción
Abstracción
Abstracción
ArtistColombian, 1917–1998
CultureColombian
Titles
  • Abstracción
  • Abstraction
Date1947, printed later
Place depictedMexico
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 number2012.308
Not on view

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Object Type
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
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso in pencil and graphite in various locations, possibly sideways [image not orientated correctly ?]:
ABSTRactión / 1'947
Serie / abstracta
Mexico / 1947
Le


Signed in graphite in corner: Leo Matiz

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