Artist
Leo Matiz(Colombian, 1917–1998)Colombian, 1917–1998
CultureColombian
Titles
- Construcción, Venezuela
- Construction, Venezuela
- México, Abstracta
Datec. 1947
Place depictedMexico
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions15 1/8 × 15 1/2 in. (38.4 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.309
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 graphite on verso:
39.5 x 38.5 cm [lower left]
[signature] / Mexico / 1947 ca [lower right]
73 [in a circle, upper right]
Mexico / abstracto / 40' [upper center]
34 [lower center, blue pencil]
39.5 x 38.5 cm [lower left]
[signature] / Mexico / 1947 ca [lower right]
73 [in a circle, upper right]
Mexico / abstracto / 40' [upper center]
34 [lower center, blue pencil]
Signed in graphite on verso lower right: Leo Matiz / Mexico / 1947
Stamped in black ink on verso: PROPIETE ET DROIT D'AUTEUR. 1991 ALEJANDRA MATIZ / INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY & (C) 1991 ALEJANDRA MATIZ / PROPEDAD INDUSTRIAL Y DERECHOS DE AUTOR 1991 ALEJANDRA MATIZ
Stamped twice in black ink in a rectangle, verso: FOTO / LEO MATIZ / Teléfono [illegible]
Stamped twice in black ink in a rectangle, verso: FOTO / LEO MATIZ / Teléfono [illegible]
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Leo Matiz
1939, printed 1998
Gelatin silver print
2012.306
