Claudio Perna. Aerial view of Maracaibo

Claudio Perna

Aerial view of Maracaibo

c. 1985

Gelatin silver print with offset lithograph

Not on view

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
Department Photography

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Claudio Perna

Claudio Perna

Venezuelan, born Italy. 1938–1997 15 works online

Geographer, archivist, explorer, and traveler: these are some of the terms one could use to describe Claudio Perna. During the mid-1960s, he began a prolific artistic career exploring new mediums and technologies.

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Provenance

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

Exhibition history

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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