Alejandro Otero
Coloritmo No. 44

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Artist Alejandro Otero(Venezuelan, 1921–1990)Venezuelan, 1921–1990

CultureVenezuelan

Titles

Coloritmo No. 44
Colorhythm No. 44

Date1960

MediumDuco paint on wood

Dimensions78 7/8 × 21 3/8 × 1 in. (200.4 × 54.3 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas and the Director's Accessions Endowment

Object number2004.61

Non exposé

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; private collection, 1963; [CDS Gallery, New York]; sold to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition HistoryInstitute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts.

"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 13, 2005–January 2, 2006.

"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.

"Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 13, 2008–March 22, 2009.

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

"Arte latinamericano 1910–2010," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, September 21, 2011–March 5, 2012.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Luminous! Dynamic! Space and Vision in art from today back to 1913," Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, April 9–July 29, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked on verso panel:
" 'COLORITMO 43' / (signature) 1960"
"6(?)OCETO { 1 de 1960 / 1 del 15 • 2 • 60"
"MTS(?) 2 x 054 1/2 / ... (?) MADERA (?)"

Signed on verso panel: "A Otero" ? (see photocopy in accession file)

Printed labels on verso panel:

"Coloritmo No. 43, 1960 / ALEJANDRO OTERO / Laquer on Wood / Lent by the Artist"

"Institute of Contemporary Art Soldiers Field Rd., Boston 34, Massachusetts / ALEJANDRA OTERO / 11. Coloritmo No. 43"

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