I Wonder Why
Artist
César Paternosto(Argentinean, born 1931)Argentinean, born 1931
CultureArgentinean
Titles
- I Wonder Why
Date1971
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 48 1/16 × 48 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (122 × 122 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas
Object number2022.108
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryCésar Paternosto, 1969-1980, Center for Interamerican Relations (today Americas Society), New York, 1981.
César Paternosto: Painting as Object: The Lateral Expansion. New Works, Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2012.
Arte en América Latina, inaugural exhibition, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires-Colección Constantini (MALBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021.
Published References I Wonder Why is included in the following publications: "César Paternosto: Painting as Object: The Lateral Expansion. New Works," Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York, pgs. 24-25. "PATERNOSTO, by César Paternosto," Tf Editores (Madrid, 2007) ill. pg. 48. "Arte en América Latina," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires-Colección Costantini (Buenos Aires, 2001) The following focus on the artist’s career more broadly. Fèvre, Fermín. César Paternosto. Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de América Latina, 1981. César Paternosto: Paintings 1969-1980. New York: Center for Interamerican Relations, 1981. Paternosto, César. Piedra abstracta, la escultura inca. Una visión contemporánea. Buenos Aires: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1989. Paternosto, César. The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art. Austin: University of Texas, 1996. White/Red: César Paternosto. New York: Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., 2001. César Paternosto. Segovia: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, 2004. César Paternosto. Marginalidad, desplazamientos y ritmos. Madrid: Guillermo de Osma Galería, 2006. Paternosto, César. Paternosto. Madrid: Tf Editores, 2007. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Verso: signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
Verso: Inscribed in marker, center horizontal wooden strainer: CÉSAR PATERNOSTO – 1970-1 / ACRYLIC EMULSION / COTTON DUCK – [print]
Verso: signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
Verso: Inscribed in marker, center horizontal wooden strainer: CÉSAR PATERNOSTO – 1970-1 / ACRYLIC EMULSION / COTTON DUCK – [print]
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Verso: Signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
Verso: Signed in marker, upper left canvas matrix: C. Paternosto / "I WONDER WHY' / 1971 [print]
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