Artist
Francisco MattoUruguayan, 1911–1995
CultureUruguayan
Titles
- Formas
- Forms
Date1977
MediumPainted wood
Dimensions45 3/4 × 36 × 9 3/4 in. (116.2 × 91.4 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Olive Neuhaus Jenney
Object number2016.96
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
rare example of Matto’s contribution to the decorative arts, Constructivo combines traditional TTG pictographs
(sun, man, snail) with innovative ones (tea kettle, tractor, vines). Produced
in association with the architect Ernesto Leborgne, the grill originally
decorated a residential window in the resort town of Punta del Este. The trend
of incorporating Constructive work into architecture began in Torres-García’s
house, where his experiments in plastic integration resulted in the first Uruguayan
style of modern architecture.
ProvenanceThe artist; Olive Neuhaus Jenney, 1992; given to MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The back is painted in some areas white and grey, and the supports holding fragments together are observable. It is also signed and dated “MATTO 77” in the back upper left.
Signed in black paint on verso on vertical board: MATTO 77
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