Rhod Rothfuss
Composición Madí

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Artist Rhod Rothfuss(Uruguayan, 1920–1969)Uruguayan, 1920–1969

CultureUruguayan

Titles

Composición Madí
Madí Composition

Date1948

MediumEnamel on wood

Dimensions40 3/4 × 35 1/4 in. (103.5 × 89.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2004.1657

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 205

Exposé

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; Gyula Kosice; sold to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920-1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20 - September 12, 2004.

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

"Constructing Abstraction: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.

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

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

Underlined, "Rhod Rothfuss / 1948" a line after 1948

Printed back label: "DELMIRO MENDEZ E HIJO S.A. / TRANSPORTE DE OBRAS DE ARTE... / Exposicion "Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America" / Obra No 100 ... / Fecha Abril' 2004"
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