María Freire
Negro y Amarillo

Negro y Amarillo

© 1955 Estate of María Freire, courtesy of Ignacio Pedronzo

Negro y Amarillo
Negro y Amarillo
ArtistUruguayan, 1917–2015
CultureUruguayan
Titles
  • Negro y Amarillo
  • Black and Yellow
Date1955
MediumEnamel on metal
DimensionsOverall: 31 1/2 × 36 × 1 1/2 in. (80 × 91.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas and the Latin American Accessions Funds
Object number2020.508
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
On view

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Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of María Freire; [Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2020


Exhibition HistoryExposición de Freire Costigliolo en el Museo de Arte Moderno de Río de Janeiro, Brasil 1957.

Abstracting Gender, Seven Latin American Women Artists 2018 Winter-Spring, Cecila de Torres LTD.

Kinder Latin American Galleries 2020-2021.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed at bottom left: María Freire / "Negro y Amarillo" / Mts. 0.92 x 0.80 / Año 1955
see above.
Catalogue raisonnéNA

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