Artist Monograph

Alejandro Puente, Argentine

Argentine, 1933–2013

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	4	66.7%
Other Media	1	16.7%
Watercolor	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	83.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	16.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	83.3%
Large (1–3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 55.9 cm → 174.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2007	1
2008	4
2010	1

Argentine Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Primarys Drawing Acc. 1679.2009	1967	Gouache and pencil on paper	17 1/4 x 22" (43.8 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Leo Rabkin
Everything goes. Primary and secondary colors brought up to white Painting Acc. 1156.2007.a-f	1968-70	Cloth, iron, pigments, works on paper	29 1/2 x 68 7/8" (74.9 x 174.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Latin American and Caribbean Fund with additional funding provided by Beatriz and Andres von Buch on behalf of Fundación arteBA
Sistemas Cromaticos (Chromatic Systems) Drawing Acc. 1876.2008	1968	Watercolor and pencil on paper	19 3/4 x 27 3/8" (50.2 x 69.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Chromatic Combinations Drawing Acc. 1877.2008	1970	Gouache and pencil on colored paper	19 3/4 x 25 1/2" (50.2 x 64.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Sistemas Cromaticos ( Chromatic Systems ) Drawing Acc. 1878.2008	1970	Cut-and-pasted printed paper, gouache, transfer type, and pencil on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Yvonne Dadoo Ader
The Birren's Triangles Drawing Acc. 1879.2008	1970	Pencil and gouache on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Adriana Cisneros de Griffin