Héctor Ragni
Paisaje constructivo de Montevideo

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Artist Héctor Ragni(Argentinean, 1897–1952)Argentinean, 1897–1952

CultureArgentinean

Titles

Paisaje constructivo de Montevideo
Constructivist Landscape of Montevideo

Date1935

PlaceMontevideo, Uruguay

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions31 × 25 3/4 in. (78.7 × 65.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas and ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Object number2005.354

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 205

Exposé

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Description

This is one of the first Constructive Universalist works
produced in South America. It represents the dynamism of the urban environment
condensed into essential, archetypal pictograms ordered along the orthogonal
grid. However, Ragni loosens the structure’s rigidity, allowing his pictographs
and color planes to move from one compartment to another. Furthermore, his symbols
remain organic as he imbues them with references to the outside world,
including the city and the port.

ProvenanceThe artist; [Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York]; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Jones, Masterson, and Lovett Galleries, August 13, 2005 - January 2, 2006.

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

Marked on verso upper canvas: "[signature] As.A.Cuo(?) / ¦Paisaje urbano¦"

Marked on verso upper left: "Héctor Ragni"

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