Works 1956-1966

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Fundación Pérez Celis

Artist is one that overcomes all difficulties between the work and himself. The drawbacks are of all type: psychologic, physical, material.
I found in “The mediocre man” a way for the inconformity, to solve the search of my own identity. Pérez Celis

Autor retrato (1956) by Pérez CelisPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

As he repeated in the numerous interviews, somewhere between 11 and 12 years old, Pérez Celis, discovers Jose Ingenieros’ book “The Mediocre Man” and decides to become a painter. Arrives at home makes a fire with the antique cartoons he had been designing, buys some paint tubes, a canvas and paints his first work “Landscape 1957”.

Mi amigo Tirone (1956) by Pérez CelisPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

“Not everybody as you, get ecstatic in front of a twilight, do not dream in front of a dawn or vibrate with a storm...Only a few are avid pursuers of some fantastic idea, a chimera, worship philosophers, artists and thinkers, that turned into ultimate synthesis their visions of being and eternity, dreaming beyond reality. Beings as you, whose imagination is full of ideals and whose sentiments polarize their whole personality, belong to a special human race: the idealists. José Ingenieros.

Violenta como el ciclón, suave como una rosa (1956) by Pérez CelisPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

From this starting point he never abandoned his vocation, the discipline and the sacrifice to reach his ideal. Josefa, his mother supported him, despite the fact that the family did not approve it. He always felt around him the accompaniment of the artists of Liniers neighborhood of those times.

La declaración (1957) by Pérez CelisPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

“The ideal is a manifestation of the spirit towards some perfection….. a point and a moment between infinite options existing in time and space. The ideals, for being visions anticipating the future, influence the behavior and are a natural tool for human progress. The ideals are in a perpetual transformation, as the forms of the reality they anticipate”. José Ingenieros

Estudio (tetera), Pérez Celis, 1956, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Mecedora, Pérez Celis, 1956, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Músico, Pérez Celis, 1956, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Flores, Pérez Celis, 1956, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Aves del corral, Pérez Celis, 1957, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Estudio V, Pérez Celis, 1957, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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La playa, Pérez Celis, 1957, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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En la playa, Pérez Celis, 1957, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Still life, Pérez Celis, 1957, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Estudio III, Pérez Celis, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Press clip, Rafael Squirru, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Movimiento Arte No Figurativo Show Movimiento Arte No Figurativo Show, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Movimiento Arte No Figurativo Show, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Montevideo, Pérez Celis, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Invitación Salón Blanco y Negro, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Pérez Celis and his wife Sara in Montevideo (1959)Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Pérez Celis and his wife Sara in Montevideo

Exhibition La Calle en Manchas Exhibition La Calle en Manchas, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Press clip, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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XI Contest, Sketches, Stains and sculpture Sketches, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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7 Abstract Painters, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Movimiento en varias dimensiones, Pérez Celis, 1959, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Prizes IV Salón Estímulo, 1958, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Movimiento sinfónico, Pérez Celis, 1959, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Press Clip, 1959, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Archive picture (1959)Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Poema cinético, Pérez Celis, 1959, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Sarita, Pérez Celis, 1959, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Composición Dinámica, Pérez Celis, 1959, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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First International Show of Modern Art to be held in Argentina First International Show of Modern Art to be held in Argentina, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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First International Show of Modern Art to be held in Argentina Perez Celis Curriculum Vitae, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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El pez mágico, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Collection Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires

El pez mágico. Oil on canvas. Buenos Aires, 1960

Signo 1, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Signo 2, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Acción Newspaper Plastic arts, Garrido Vidal, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Press clip, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Catalogue Show in H Gallery Catalogue Show in H Gallery (1960)Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual

The show in The H Gallery was the first to sell all exhibited works, giving the possibility to live out of his artistic work. He sold the show in full in three opportunities, one when he was establishing in USA.

Catalogue Show in H Gallery, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Catalogue Show in H Gallery, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Catalogue Show in H GalleryPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Composición dinámica, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Composición dinámica II, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Sin titulo II, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Indio Rey, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Clarin Newspaper, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Ver y Estimar Prize, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Work without title, Pérez Celis, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Sin título I, Pérez Celis, 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Rey América, Pérez Celis, 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Collection National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires Argentina

Rey América. Oil on canvas. Buenos Aires, 1961

Sara, Pérez Celis, 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Caron, Pérez Celis, 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Poema América, Pérez Celis, 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Indoamerica II, Pérez Celis, 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Sin Título (80 cm x 75 cm), 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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1961 Exposicion Jovenes Pintores Argentinos, Galería De La Villa, Buenos Aires, 1961, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Press clip, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Indoamerica, Pérez Celis, 1960, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Early work without title, Pérez Celis, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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La Prensa Newspaper, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Ver y Estimar Prize, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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América, Pérez Celis, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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The Murals, Pérez Celis, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Archive Picture Pérez Celis in front of Fuerza América Mural (1962)Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Demolished by developers around year 2000. Buenos Aires.

Pérez Celis Mural Fuerza América, César Sonderegher y dirección Nicolás Rubio, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Mural National Bank of Argentina, Formosa (1962) by Pérez CelisPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Revista Histonium, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Primera Plana newspaper, Rafael Squirru, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Press clip, M. Mujica Lainez, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Caja signo I, Pérez Celis, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Caja signo II, Pérez Celis, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Bancarios Review, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Archive Picture Pérez Celis paiting in the sixties (1962)Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Archive Picture Pérez Celis paiting in the sixties

Press clips La Prensa newspaper and El Mundo, 1962, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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El sol negro with his niece Florencia, picture of a later period, Pérez Celis, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Exaltación, Pérez Celis, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Abstracción, Pérez Celis, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Caretas Review, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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El sol nuestro, Pérez Celis, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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El templo, Pérez Celis, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Ver y Estimar Prize, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Archive Picture Carlos María Caron, Romero Brest, and Pérez Celis (1963)Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Pérez Celis sustained after 1963 a confrontation with the powerful art critic Romero Brest who had declared "the painting has died" refuted by Pérez Celis with a poster " the painting has not died I am alive".

Poster "The paiting has not died", Pérez Celis, 1963, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Institute of Contemporary Art Catalogue Institute of Contemporary Art Catalogue, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Institute of Contemporary Art Catalogue, Rafel Squirru, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Institute of Contemporary Art Catalogue, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima

Pintura, Pérez Celis, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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El Sol de Cuzco, peruvian newspaper, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Argentinean artist grasps the Inca Culture, Cuzco, Indian Greece

Revista Caretas (Lima, Perú), Revista Caretas Lima Peru, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Quinta Heeren Lima Peru, residencia de la Familia Perez Celis durante la estadia en Lima

Expreso Newspaper, Pérez Celis, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Retablo del sol, Pérez Celis, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Newspaper Correo, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Retablo de Anatonia (1964) by Pérez CelisPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Anatonia is an imaginary city, beyond poetry and art. As a matter of fact it has been created some ten years ago by the poet CM Caron, a place I feel myself identified with. I believe that in a certain way it accompanies me throughout my entire work. Perez Celis in interview at the opening of the tapestry show in the Gallery El Sol.

Object Construction, Pérez Celis, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Perez Celis with Sara in his studio, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Press clip, 1964, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Catalogue Gallery El Sol, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Encuentro con el fantasma, Pérez Celis, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Nuestro fantasma, Pérez Celis, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Aparición de Anatonia, Pérez Celis, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Color al tiempo, Pérez Celis, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Devenir, Pérez Celis, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Catalogue Bonino Gallery Catalogue Bonino Gallery, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Catalogue Bonino Gallery, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Picture of El Sol de Anatonia, Pérez Celis, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Di Tella Prize Di Tella Prize, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Di Tella Prize, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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El Sol de Anatonia (1965) by Pérez CelisPérez Celis - Museo Virtual

Primera Plana Newspaper, 1965, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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From Earth searching for the Sun, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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El sol negro, Pérez Celis, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Collection MoMA, New York

Sol Negro. Serigraph 4/7 on paper. Buenos Aires, 1966

Submundos anteriores, Pérez Celis, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Catalogue Vignes Gallery, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Mundo a Dios, Pérez Celis, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Camino al sol, Pérez Celis, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Fruto pampeano, Pérez Celis, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Sin título, Pérez Celis, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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La Nación newspaper, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Sin título, Pérez Celis, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Poster Group Exhibition, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Prize María Calderón de la Barca Foundation, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Paiting by myself, 1966, From the collection of: Pérez Celis - Museo Virtual
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Fundación Pérez Celis
Designers Iván Villani and Luz Arias
María Carolina Baulo

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