Gerd Leufert
MBA-4

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Artist Gerd Leufert (Venezuelan, born Lithuania, 1914–1998)Venezuelan, born Lithuania, 1914–1998

CultureVenezuelan

Titles

MBA-4

Date1961

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 39 5/16 × 55 5/16 × 15/16 in. (99.8 × 140.5 × 2.4 cm)

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

Object number2023.492

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceAlfredo Silva Estrada and Sonia Sanoja Collection, Caracas, Venezuela; Private collection, New York; [Henrique Faria, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

Exhibition History2018 - Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975. The Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston.

2016- Gerd Leufert: Analogues and Opposites. Henriuque Faria New York.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: [none]
Verso: Signed, titled, and dated in black, upper left center: [upward directional arrow] / ARRIBA / GERD LEUFERT / MBA-4 / 1961 [print]

Verso: Signed in black, upper left center: GERD LEUFERT [print]

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