On occasion, Reverón based his figure paintings on old narrative themes. Here, the allusion may be to the water–maidens of Hispanic folklore, traditionally depticted with shimmering, straw–colored bodies and golden hair. Reverón's nearly monochromatic "white" paintings represent the perceptual experience of forms dissolving into intense light. In the 1930s, working indoors, the artist began making such monochromes, with puzzling forms in shadowy interiors.
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Armando Reverón
Venezuelan, 1889–1954 3 works onlineHow can one speak of Armando Reverón without bringing up the light of Venezuela’s Caribbean coast? Blinding and all-encompassing, it bathes the fishing village of Macuto, where the artist established his household in the early 1920s.
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1989 - 2004, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Christie’s, New York, Latin American Painting, Drawings and Sculpture, Sale 6820, lot 25, May 17, 1989.
2004, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, "Armando Reveron (1889-1954)", March 3 - April 19, 1992
MoMA Exh. #1931: "Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation", 4th Floor, gallery 15, November 20, 2004 -
As of August 23, 2005, 4th Floor, gallery 15 has been renumbered as 4th Floor, gallery 16.
MoMA Exh. #1931: "Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation", 4th Floor, gallery 16, November 20, 2004 - January 8, 2007
MoMA Exh. #1995: "Armando Reverón", 6th Floor, Special Exhibitions, North, February 11 - April 16, 2007
MoMA Exh. #1989a: "Painting and Sculpture Changes 2007", 4th Floor, gallery 16 added May 1, 2007 - October 27, 2009
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