Soles y vegetales

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Artist Mario Abreu(Venezuelan, 1919–1993)Venezuelan, 1919–1993

CultureVenezuelan

Titles

Soles y vegetales
Suns and vegetables

Date1949

MediumOil on cardboard

DimensionsPanel: 36 5/8 × 25 9/16 in. (93 × 65 cm)

Credit LineGift of Luis A. Benshimol

Object number2017.472

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Galería de Arte Díaz Mancini, Caracas]; Fundación Privada Allegro, 2002; given to MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 28, 2018–January 21, 2019.
Published References While there are no published references of this specific work, since it has been in private collections for various years, the artist has a number of publications and monographs. These include: Guevara, Robero, and Juan Liscano. Mario Abreu: Exposición antológica. Maracay, Venezuela: Galería Municipal de Arte, Maracay, 1990. Mario Abreu: ceremoniales, retrospectiva 1947 – 1987. Caracas: Consejo Nacional de la Cultura, Fundación Museo Arturo Michelena, 1994. Balza, Néstor. Mario Abreu. Caracas: Ministerio Del Poder Popular Para la Cultura, 2008. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated on verso: Mario Abreu, 1949

Recto: Signed and dated, bottom right corner: Mario Abreu / 1949
Verso frame: Signed and dated, center: Mario Abreu / 1949

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