Moon with Tatoo

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Artist Zilia Sánchez(Cuban, 1926–2024)Cuban, 1926–2024

CultureCuban

Titles

Moon with Tatoo
Lunar con Tatuaje

Datec. 1968–1969

MediumAcrylic and ink on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 72 diameter × 11 5/8 in. (182.9 × 29.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2022 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction

Object number2022.183

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 312

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceArtist, 1968; [Galerie Lelong, New York City]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition History"Zilia Sanchez: Soy Isla," The Phillips Collection, Washington, February 16–May 19, 2019; Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico, June 16–October 21, 2019; El Museo del Barrio, New York, November 20, 2019–March 22, 2020.

"Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today" Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 19, 2022–April 23, 2023.
Published References The work appeared in the following publications: Barral, Alberto. “Interview with Zilia Sánchez.” ArtNexus 104 (March – May 2017): 48 – 50, 104. Sretenovic, Vesela, Ingrid W. Elliott, Abigail McEwen, and Carla Acevedo Yates. Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla. Washington, D.C.: The Phillips Collection, 2019. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Recto: Signed and titled in black ink, frame, center left edge: Zilia Sánchez / Lunar Tatuaje [cursive]
Recto: Signed in black ink, frame, center right edge: Zilia Sánchez / C [encircled]
Verso: Signed and titled in black ink, backing fabric, right center: Zilia Sánchez / C [encircled] / Serie (Lunar / Tatuaje) / 6' x 6' [cursive]

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