Alejandro Obregón
Ganado ahogándose en el Magdalena

Ganado ahogándose en el Magdalena
Ganado ahogándose en el Magdalena
Ganado ahogándose en el Magdalena
ArtistColombian, born Spain, 1920–1992
CultureColombian
Titles
  • Ganado ahogándose en el Magdalena
  • Cattle Drowning in the Magdalena
Date1955
PlaceColombia , South America
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions62 7/16 × 49 5/8in. (158.6 × 126cm)
Credit LineGift of Brown & Root, Incorporated
Object number57.17
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; sold to MFAH, 1957.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "The U.S. Collects Pan American Art," at the Art Institute of Chicago, August 1 to September 7, 1959.

Exhibited in "Latin American - Then and Now," at the Denver Art Museum, September 16 to October 4, 1959.

Exhibited in "The Latin American Presence in the United States: 1920-1970," at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, from September 27, 1988 to January 29, 1989, El Paso Museum of Art ,El Paso, TX, 27 Feb 1989 - 23 Apr 1989, San Diego Museum of Art, San Deigo, CA, 22 May 1989 - 16 Jul 1989, Center for the Arts,Vero Beach, FL, 28 Jan 1990 - 31 Mar 1990 (LN:88.15).

Exhibited in "Alejandro Obregón," at the Museo Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, from October 18, 2001 to January 13, 2002 (LN:2001.40).


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower center in red: "Obregón .55."

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