1951.84 Roberto (Nervo) Montenegro, The Shell, c. 1936


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, 2017.

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Artist/designers
Montenegro_Roberto (Nervo): ULAN: 500006003

Cultures

Geography 
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Mexico City (Mexico): TGN: 7007227
Guadalajara (inhabited place / Jalisco / Mexico): TGN: 7007110

Process/materials
oil paint: AAT: 300015050
board: AAT: 300014616
composition wood board (composition board): AAT: 300411316

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
painting (visual works): AAT: 300033618
interior spaces: AAT: 300078790
landscapes (environments): AAT: 300008626
sky: AAT: 300263064
water: AAT: 300011772
seas: AAT: 300008694
oceans: AAT: 300008687
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
female: AAT: 300189557
women (female humans): AAT: 300025943
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
huipils (tunics / main garments): AAT: 300410449
skirts (garments / refrajo / corte): AAT: 300209932
male: AAT: 300189559
men (male humans): AAT: 300025928
dead (people): AAT: 300389809
bodies (human and animal components): AAT: 300404640
deaths: AAT: 300151836
mourning: AAT: 300238450
wrapping (surface covering process): AAT: 300234992
sheets (bed coverings): AAT: 300204598
shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829
conch (shell): AAT: 300210304

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1951: Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City [Ines Amor, dealer] [1], [2], [3], [4]

From 1951: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase, purchased from the above [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

[1] The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.  

[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from Jerry Bywaters, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Ines Amor, Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City (dated August 18, 1951, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from Ines Amor, Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City, to Jerry Bywaters, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated September 04, 1951, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The main source for this provenance is letter (inventory list) from Ines Amor, Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City (dated September 04, 1951, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[5] The Dallas Art Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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Notes
Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, 2017.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers
Montenegro_Roberto (Nervo): ULAN: 500006003

Cultures

Geography 
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Mexico City (Mexico): TGN: 7007227
Guadalajara (inhabited place / Jalisco / Mexico): TGN: 7007110

Process/materials
oil paint: AAT: 300015050
board: AAT: 300014616
composition wood board (composition board): AAT: 300411316

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms
painting (visual works): AAT: 300033618
interior spaces: AAT: 300078790
landscapes (environments): AAT: 300008626
sky: AAT: 300263064
water: AAT: 300011772
seas: AAT: 300008694
oceans: AAT: 300008687
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
female: AAT: 300189557
women (female humans): AAT: 300025943
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
huipils (tunics / main garments): AAT: 300410449
skirts (garments / refrajo / corte): AAT: 300209932
male: AAT: 300189559
men (male humans): AAT: 300025928
dead (people): AAT: 300389809
bodies (human and animal components): AAT: 300404640
deaths: AAT: 300151836
mourning: AAT: 300238450
wrapping (surface covering process): AAT: 300234992
sheets (bed coverings): AAT: 300204598
shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829
conch (shell): AAT: 300210304

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1951: Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City [Ines Amor, dealer] [1], [2], [3], [4]

From 1951: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase, purchased from the above [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

[1] The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.  

[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from Jerry Bywaters, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Ines Amor, Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City (dated August 18, 1951, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from Ines Amor, Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City, to Jerry Bywaters, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated September 04, 1951, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The main source for this provenance is letter (inventory list) from Ines Amor, Galleria de Arte Mexicana, Mexico City (dated September 04, 1951, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[5] The Dallas Art Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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women: AAT: 300025943
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
female: AAT: 300189557
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
men: AAT: 300025928
shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829
male: AAT: 300189559
human figures: AAT: 300404114
painting (visual works): AAT: 300033618
oil paint: AAT: 300015050
sky: AAT: 300263064
seas: AAT: 300008694
landscapes (environments): AAT: 300008626
water: AAT: 300011772
*Latin American Art
bodies (human and animal components): AAT: 300404640
deaths: AAT: 300151836
interior spaces: AAT: 300078790
skirts (garments / refrajo / corte): AAT: 300209932
Mexico City (Mexico): TGN: 7007227
oceans: AAT: 300008687
huipils (tunics / main garments): AAT: 300410449
conch (shell): AAT: 300210304
board: AAT: 300014616
composition wood board (composition board): AAT: 300411316
wrapping (surface covering process): AAT: 300234992
dead (people): AAT: 300389809
Guadalajara (inhabited place / Jalisco / Mexico): TGN: 7007110
Montenegro_Roberto (Nervo): ULAN: 500006003
sheets (bed coverings): AAT: 300204598
mourning: AAT: 300238450
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