Oil No. 8

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Artist Fanny Sanín(Colombian, born 1938)Colombian, born 1938

CultureColombian

Titles

Oil No. 8

Date1966

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 57 1/2 × 69 × 1 in. (146.1 × 175.3 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2024.301

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Sicardi, Ayers, Bacino Gallery, Houston, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.

Exhibition HistoryJanuary 18 - March 14, 2024. Fanny Sanín: Eyes Wide Open. Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston, TX.

2022. Fanny Sanín: Progression, 1966 to Now, Dickinson Gallery, New York, NY.

May 1 - June 14, 2008. FANNY SANÍN: A Chromatic Journey, 1966-2006. Latin Collector Gallery, New York. NY

1966. V Salon de Cucuta, Cucuta, Colombia

Published References This work has appeared in the following publications: Rinder, Lawrence. Fanny Sanín: Eyes Wide Open (exhibition handout), Sicardi| Ayers| Bacino, Houston, TX, 2024. Fanny Sanín The Concrete Language of Color and Structure. Published by Fanny Sanín Legacy Project and Lucia | Marquand. Seattle, 2019, p. 107. FANNY SANÍN: A Chromatic Journey, 1966-2006. Latincollector Gallery, New York, 2008, p. 8,9. Other significant publications on the artist’s career include: Ángel, Félix. The Chromatic Structures of Fanny Sanín: 1974-2004. Washington D.C.: The Embassy of Colombia, 2005. Fanny Sanín 1987-1999: color y simetría. Bogota: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, 2000. Luis, Carlos M. Fanny Sanín, Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar: Discipline in Painting and Sculpture. Miami: Durban Segnini Gallery, 2010. Sullivan, Edward. Concrete Realities: The Art of Carmen Herrera, Fanny Sanín, and Mira Schendel. New York: Latin Collector, 2004. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated in black, bottom right corner: F. Sanín [cursive] 66
Verso: Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed in black and graphite on multiple areas of the canvas and stretcher: Fanny Sanín / Oil No 8, 1966 / 57 1/2 x 69 " [cursive]

Recto: Signed in black, bottom right corner: F. Sanín [cursive]
Verso: Signed in black on canvas, upper left: Fanny Sanín [cursive]

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