Artist
Juan Carlos DistéfanoArgentinean, born 1933
CultureArgentinean
Titles
- Telaraña
- Spider Web
Date1974–1975
MediumFiberglass-reinforced polyester, cast polyester, enamel epoxy
Dimensions43 1/2 × 22 × 25 3/4 in. (110.5 × 55.9 × 65.4 cm)
Credit LineJorge and Marion Helft Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2011.1066
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Exposición Internacional de Arte, la Bienal de Venecia, Italia," Argentine Pavilion at the Venice Biennial, May 9–November 22, 2015.
"Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 16–September 8, 2019.
"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
There are three white printed gallery or shipper's labels adhered on underside of piece, toward the front of the sculpture.
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