Artist
Antonio BerniArgentinean, 1905–1981
CultureArgentinean
Titles
- Carnaval de Juanito
- Juanito's Carnival
Date1962
MediumGoauche, wood, and metal, including coffee tin and tea cans, chicken wire, and mesh; egg carton, cardboard, lace, wine corks, and broom fibers on plywood
DimensionsPanel: 55 × 63 1/4 in. (139.7 × 160.7 cm)
Frame: 55 5/8 × 64 × 2 in. (141.3 × 162.6 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 55 5/8 × 64 × 2 in. (141.3 × 162.6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2019.179
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 9, 2013–January 25, 2014; Phoenix Art Museum, June 28–September 21, 2014.
"Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 16–September 8, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated, top right: Berni ’62
Verso: Inscribed in red ink, top right corner: COLLECTION ALAIN BOURBONNAIS / 45 rue JACOB _ PARIS VI _
Verso: Inscribed in black ink, upper center: LE CARNAVAL DE JUANITO LÁGUNA / 137 X 161 A BERNI [underlined]
Verso: Inscribed in red ink, top right corner: COLLECTION ALAIN BOURBONNAIS / 45 rue JACOB _ PARIS VI _
Verso: Inscribed in black ink, upper center: LE CARNAVAL DE JUANITO LÁGUNA / 137 X 161 A BERNI [underlined]
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