Marcos Raya
The Anguish of Being and the Nothingness of the Universe

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Artist Marcos RayaAmerican, born Mexico, 1948

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Anguish of Being and the Nothingness of the Universe

Date2000

MediumAcrylic on canvas

DimensionsDiameter: 69 1/2 in. (176.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Roy Cullen in honor of Mary Cullen at "One Great Night in November, 2005"

Object number2005.1070

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 2, 2006–January 16, 2007.

"Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 16–September 8, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in ink on verso top quadrant: ThE ANGUISH OF BEING / AND the NOTHINGNESS / OF ThE UNIVERS (sic) / Chicago

Signed in ink on verso canvas, right quadrant: Raya

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