Antonio Berni
Ramona aprendiz o Ramona pupila

Ramona aprendiz o Ramona pupila

© José Antonio Berni, Argentina

Ramona aprendiz o Ramona pupila
Ramona aprendiz o Ramona pupila
ArtistArgentinean, 1905–1981
CultureArgentinean
Titles
  • Ramona aprendiz o Ramona pupila
  • Ramona Apprentice or Ramona the Pupil
Date1963
PlaceArgentina
MediumXilo-collage
DimensionsImage: 54 3/4 × 21 7/8 in. (139.1 × 55.6 cm)
 Sheet: 57 1/4 × 24 5/16 in. (145.4 × 61.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Duke Energy in honor of Peter C. Marzio and his twentieth anniversary as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at "One Great Night in November, 2002"
Object number2002.3244
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 8, 2004.

“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: " 11/25 'Romona pulila' "
Two printed back labels: DELMIRO MENDEZ E HIJO S.A. / TRANSPORTE DE OBRAS DE ARTE" for exhibitions "Grabados Antonio Berni" and "Antonio Berni' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Back label marked in ink: "9 "ROMONA / PUPILA" 1963 / 11/25 154 X 16"

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