Antonio Berni
Ramona vive su vida

Ramona vive su vida

© José Antonio Berni, Argentina

Ramona vive su vida
Ramona vive su vida
ArtistArgentinean, 1905–1981
CultureArgentinean
Titles
  • Ramona vive su vida
  • Ramona Lives Her Life
Date1963
PlaceArgentina
MediumXilo-collage
DimensionsImage: 54 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (138.4 × 55.2 cm)
 Sheet: 56 7/8 × 23 13/16 in. (144.5 × 60.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Duke Energy in honor of Peter C. Marzio and his twentieth anniversary as Director of the the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at "One Great Night in November, 2002"
Object number2002.3245
Not on view

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Department
Latin American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; by descent to his son, José Antonio Berni, Buenos Aires; sold to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 18, 2004.

"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 13, 2005–January 2, 2006.

“Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 10, 2013–January 26, 2014; Phoenix Art Museum, June 28–September 28, 2014; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, October 29, 2014–February 25, 2015.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil lower left below image: "24/25 'Ramona vive Su Vida' "
Two back labels from the gallery: "DELMIRO MENDEZ E HIZO S.A. ..."
Back label from conservator (?): "CASA DE PALERMO..."

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Ramona y el anciano o Ramona y el viejo
Antonio Berni
Ramona y el anciano o Ramona y el viejo
1962
Xilo-collage
2003.258
Ramona aprendiz o Ramona pupila
Antonio Berni
Ramona aprendiz o Ramona pupila
1963
Xilo-collage
2002.3244
Sin título (Ramona levantando pesas)
Antonio Berni
Sin título (Ramona levantando pesas)
1963
Xilo-collage
2001.366
El striptease de Ramona
Antonio Berni
El striptease de Ramona
1963
Xilo-collage, diptych
2003.257.A,.B
Ramona en la calle
Antonio Berni
Ramona en la calle
1964, copy signed 1966
Xilo-collage
2003.406
Don Juan, el amigo de Ramona o Don Juan, el pretendiente
Antonio Berni
Don Juan, el amigo de Ramona o Don Juan, el pretendiente
1963
Xilo-collage-relief
2003.409
El conde amigo de Ramona
Antonio Berni
El conde amigo de Ramona
1963
Xilo-collage
2003.408
Ramona costurera
Antonio Berni
Ramona costurera
1963
Xilo-collage
2003.259
El coronel amigo de Ramona
Antonio Berni
El coronel amigo de Ramona
1963
Xilo-collage
2003.407
Image Not Available for Carnaval de Juanito
Antonio Berni
Carnaval de Juanito
1962
Goauche, wood, and metal, including coffee tin and tea cans, chicken wire, and mesh; egg carton, cardboard, lace, wine corks, and broom fibers on plywood
2019.179
Juanito va a la ciudad
Antonio Berni
Juanito va a la ciudad
1963
Wood, paint, industrial trash, cardboard, scrap metal, leather, and fabric on wood
2007.1167
La sordidez
Antonio Berni
La sordidez
c. 1964
Polymateric construction composed of wood, cardboard, plastic, roots, nails, enamel, and metals including steel, iron, and aluminum bottle caps
2004.1536