The artist
[date?] Cristiana Thonon, Caracas, Venezuela
1996, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas
2017, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Claudio Perna Aerial view of Maracaibo c. 1985
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print with offset lithograph
- Dimensions
- 30 5/16 × 30 5/16" (77 × 77 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Samuel Guillén
- Object number
- 750.2017
- Copyright
- © 2025 Estate of Claudio Perna
- Department
- Photography
- Claudio Perna has 15 works online.
- There are 28,852 photographs online.
Lima, Museo de Arte de Lima, "Diálogos. Arte Latinoamericano desde la Colección Cisneros," July 22 - September 26, 2004 + tour:
Santiago de Chile, Museo de Bellas Artes, November 25, 2004 - February 28, 2005
Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno, May 5 - June 29, 2005
San José, Costa Rica, Museo de Arte y de Diseño Contemporáneo, “Ecos y Contrastes: Arte contemporáneo en la Colección Cisneros.” December 7, 2005 - February 25, 2006. Traveled to:
Museo de Arte del Salvador, San Salvador (El Salvador), 30 de marzo al 11 de junio de 2006.
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes, “Geografías (In)visibles: Arte contemporáneo latinoamericano en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros,” June 26 - September 21, 2008.
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