Carnaval de Juanito
Artist
Antonio Berni(Argentinean, 1905–1981)Argentinean, 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
Object number2019.179
Not on view
Explore Further
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.
Published References Since the work only recently appeared a few years ago, it has been included in only one publication, which has since become the seminal publication of the Ramona and Juanito series: Ramírez, Mari Carmen. Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona. New Haven: Yale University Press and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2013. Other important publications include: Glusberg, Jorge. Antonio Berni. Buenos Aires: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1997. López Anaya, Jorge. Antonio Berni: Estudio crítico. Buenos Aires: Banco Velox, 1997. Pacheco, Marcelo E. Berni, de la Vega, monstruos. Buenos Aires: Fundación MALBA—Costantini, 2003. [exh. Cat.] Rabossi, Cecilia. Antonio Berni: obras gráficas. Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, 2000. Squirru, Rafael. Berni: estudio crítico-biográfico. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dead Weight, 1975. 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]
N/A
Catalogue raisonnéN/A
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.
Mel Chin
1989
Painted plaster and wood, with Honduran mahogany and banana fibers coated with coffee, mud, and blood
2009.1352.A-.C
Dario Robleto
2001
Powderized vinyl, glass vials, home made crystal corks, vinyl lettering, and custom case
2001.575-.576
Antonio Berni
c. 1964
Polymateric construction composed of wood, cardboard, plastic, roots, nails, enamel, and metals including steel, iron, and aluminum bottle caps
2004.1536
Al Taylor
1998
Foamed plastic fishing floats, rubber bands, latex coating, bamboo garden stake, and sand-filled coffee can with plastic lid
2002.3444
Antonio Berni
1963
Wood, paint, industrial trash, cardboard, scrap metal, leather, and fabric on wood
2007.1167
Charles LeDray
2009
Laundry cart contents: purple satin bag; clear, white, and black hangers made from alumilite clear cast resin and galvanized steel wire; six pairs of trousers, one shirt, and two neckties made from various fabrics. Laundry bag with nylon cord, alumilite toggles, fabric, and thread, stuffed with fabric.
Palette: wood, nails, glue, wood stain, dirt.
Cart: wood frame with woven aluminum strips, 1/8-inch ungalvanized steel rod, clear acrylic spray coating, canvas, thread, vinyl, aluminum rivets, dirt, and newspaper ink.
Broom: wood handle and housing with bristles.
Floor: linoleum backed with canvas.
2010.221
Unknown African
1940–1960
Plant fiber, chicken and great blue turaco feathers, and paint
92.445
Jim Hatchett
1990
Wood, paper towel, canvas, cardboard, wire, rock, glass, gesso, acrylic screen ink, oil stick, and plywood
91.1340
Cindy Loehr
2004
Industrial PVC, garland, plastic leis, chicken wire, internal speakers, and soundtrack
2008.421.A-.C