Francisco Matto
Máscara

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Artist Francisco Matto (Uruguayan, 1911–1995)Uruguayan, 1911–1995

CultureUruguayan

Titles

Máscara
Mask

Date1979

MediumOil on wood

Dimensions82 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (209.6 × 23.5 × 14.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, III and Marli Andrade, Mary and Roy Cullen, Marjorie H. Wortham, Joanna and Richard W. Wortham III, the Wortham Foundation, and the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2002.313

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 205

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceThe artist; [Sicardi Gallery, Houston]; sold to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.

"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.

"Francisco Matto: The Modern and The Mythic," Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, June 12–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

Signed in paint of verso top: "MATTO / 79"

Printed labels on verso:
"34. FRANCISCO MATTO / Máscara, 1979, / madera pintada... / CECILIA DE TORRES LTD."
"CECILIA DE TORRES, LTD. / 140 GREENE STREET N.Y., N.Y. 10012... / Totem Mask / Painted wood / ..."

IVAM CENTRE JULIO GONZALEZ / Exposción: Abatracción El Pardigma Amerindio / ...Procedencia: Del 18/10/2001 al 07/01/2002 Cecelia de Buzias de Torres, Nuevo York..."

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