Kati Horna
Interior of the Torre de Automex, Toluca

Interior of the Torre de Automex, Toluca
Interior of the Torre de Automex, Toluca
Interior of the Torre de Automex, Toluca
ArtistMexican, born Hungary, 1912–2000
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Interior of the Torre de Automex, Toluca
Date1964, printed c. 1964
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 7 11/16 in. (20.1 × 19.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 7 11/16 in. (20.1 × 19.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Morris Weiner in honor of Lisa Volpe
Object number2023.194
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Emphasizing lush textures and the interplay of solid forms with ethereal light and shadow, this striking architectural abstraction by Kati Horna depicts the interior of a tower designed by Mathias Goeritz at the Auto-Mex Factory, Mexico’s first large-scale car manufacturing plant and a symbol of economic and political progress. Horna’s more straightforward exterior views of the factory complex circulated in contemporary publications, but in this picture, Horna appears more intent on creating her own boldly Modernist image than in documenting Goeritz’s architecture.


ProvenanceEstate of the artist; [Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryThe Photography Show, AIPAD, New York, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Pencil, verso, top right: 21.016
Stamped in black, verso, center: FOTO KATI HORNA // MEXICO, D. F. – 14-28-55
Signed, verso, bottom left edge: Kati Horna
Signed, verso, bottom left edge: Kati Horna

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