Luis Tomasello
Negro el 10

DVD of images provided by Sicardi Gallery
Negro el 10
DVD of images provided by Sicardi Gallery
ArtistArgentinean, 1915–2014
AuthorArgentinean, 1914–1984
CultureArgentinean
Titles
  • Negro el 10
Date1983
PlaceArgentina
MediumPortfolio of ten screenprints in a wooden portfolio box
Dimensions20 1/16 × 24 × 2 3/8 in. (51 × 61 × 6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist and Sicardi Gallery
Object number2008.204.1-.10
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, Paris; [Sicardi Gallery, Houston]; donated to MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in ink on end page: "Luis B Tomasello", "Julio C (?)"
Printed on title page: "LUIS TOMASELLO / NEGRO EL 10 / JULIO CORTÁZAR (cover) /
"MAXIMILIEN GUIOL / éditeur" (inside)

Printed on colophon page:
"NEGRO EL 10 / Poème de Julio Cortázar pour 10 sérigraphies de Luis Tomasello / d'après ses tableaux noirs. / Traduction françoise Campo-Timal. / Traduction anglaise par Margery Safir. / Miximilien Guiol, Éditions Graphiques, 22 rue de Poitou - Paris 3e / Sérigraphie : Atelier Arcay, Paris Photocomposition : ARJ Typo / Achevé d'imprimer le 30 décembre 1983."

Printed and signed on justification page:
"Tirage à 60 exemplaires sgnés et numérotés se décomposant comme suit / 1 exemplaire No I pour la Bibliothèque Nationale / ...17 exemplaires No IV à XX pour les artistes et les collaborateurs / 40 exemplaires numérotés de l à 40. / 34(in ink) / (signatures)

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