Artist
Rubén Ortíz-Torres(Mexican, born 1964)Mexican, born 1964
CultureMexican
Titles
- Savage Portrait
- Retrato Salvaje
Date1985
PlaceMexico City, Mexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/8 × 8 5/16 in. (31.4 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Hispanic community and the Wortham Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Inc., the Frees Foundation, and the Comite Patriotico Mexicano
Object number91.195
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, "Contemporary Latin American Photography from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Collection", October 3, 2001 -January 27, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
in pencil on verso upper left "90"
Signed and inscribed in pencil on verso sheet, lower right: "Ruben Ortiz/ RUBEN ORTIZ/ ' RETRATO SALVAJE '/ 1985".
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2009
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