Luis San Vicente
Painter's Box

Overall front
ArtistUruguayan, 1918–1973
CultureUruguayan
Titles
  • Painter's Box
  • Caja de pintor
Date1948
MediumIncised wood
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 13 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (25.4 × 33.3 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecilia de Torres
Object number2020.212
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
On view

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Department
Latin American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1948; [Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York]; given to MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History1993-1991 The School of The South and Its Legacy, Travelling exhibition: Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas; Museo de Monterrey, México; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; Museo Rufino Tamayo, México
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The work is signed and dated on the front
Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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