Artist
Leo Matiz(Colombian, 1917–1998)Colombian, 1917–1998
CultureColombian
Titles
- Abstracción
- Abstraction
Date1960
Place depictedVenezuela, South America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions9 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (25.1 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.307
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtSpecial Collections
Object Type
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 blue ink on verso top center: Venezuela / abstract o/ MODERNA / 1960[crossed out] 1o955[lightly in pencil] / 20 x 25
Inscribed in graphite on verso lower center: ReCo[?] / Leo Matiz
Inscribed in graphite on verso lower center: ReCo[?] / Leo Matiz
Signed in graphite very llightly on verso center: Leo Matiz
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Leo Matiz
1939, printed 1998
Gelatin silver print
2012.306
