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Luis Vargas Rosas

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MoMA

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Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6094
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Luis Vargas Rosas was a Chilean painter and muralist active during the mid-twentieth century. Working primarily in oil and fresco, he engaged with modernist idioms while maintaining a connection to Chilean cultural and social themes. His practice bridged European formal innovation and local subject matter, positioning his work within the broader regional modernist movement of the period.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (2)

Plate (folio 12) from Fraternity

1939 · Engraving and aquatint with roulette from an illustrated book with eight engravings (including slipcase, one with etching, one with aquatint and roulette), one drypoint, and one etching

plate: 4 3/4 × 3 5/16" (12.1 × 8.4 cm); sheet: 9 × 6 9/16" (22.8 × 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Fraternity

1939 · Illustrated book with eight engravings (including slipcase, one with etching, one with aquatint and roulette), one drypoint, and one etching

sheet (each approx.): 8 7/8 × 6 1/2" (22.5 × 16.5 cm); overall (closed): 9 1/2 × 6 15/16 × 13/16" (24.1 × 17.6 × 2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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2 published of 4 catalogued · 2 with image

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Museum of Modern Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

New York · 1977