Corazon de America

Artist Juan Francisco Elso Padilla(Cuban, 1956–1988)Cuban, 1956–1988

CultureCuban

Titles

Corazon de America

Date1987

MediumMixed media

DimensionsOverall (closed cross): 17 1/8 × 12 5/16 × 13/16 in. (43.5 × 31.3 × 2 cm)
Open (accordian spread, not flat): 87 3/8 × 59 1/16 in. (222 × 150 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Latin Maecenas

Object number2021.379

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

ASSEMBLAGE

ProvenanceThe artist; Gerardo Mosquera, Madrid, Spain; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition History1988 Signs of Transition: 80s Art from Cuba. MOCHA, New York.
1990 Por América. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico.
1991 The Bleeding Heart. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Travelled to Contemporary Art Museum, Houston; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach; Fundación Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey.

Published References The work has been published in the following: Fusco, Coco. Signs of Transition: 80s Art from Cuba. New York: Center for Cuban Studies, 1988. Valdés Figueroa, Eugenio and Katrin Steffen. Toda percepción es una interpretación: You Are Part of It. Miami: Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2016, 226–233. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

The cover is marked with the inscription: "Corazon de America"

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