Rhod Rothfuss
Composición Madí

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

CultureUruguayan

Titles

Composición Madí
Madí Composition

Date1946

MediumEnamel on wood

Dimensions34 × 19 5/8 in. (86.4 × 49.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2004.1658

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 205

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; Gyula Kosice; sold to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Arte Madí," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, July 1–October 27, 1997; Museo Extremeño Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo, Badajoz, Spain, November 7, 1997–January 11, 1998.

"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.

"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.

"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.

"Postwar - Art between the Pacific and Atlantic 1945–1965," Haus der Kunst, Munich, October 14, 2016–March 26, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Written in pen "20 v"

Painted on verso lower center, underlined "Rhod Rothfuss / 1946" line after 1946

Typed labels on verso: "RHOD ROTHFUSS / MADI-1946"
Partially torn label: "COLECCION KOSICE"
Two printed back labels; first printed label: "DELMIRO MENDEZ E HIJO S.A. / TRANSPORTE DE OBRAS DE ARTE... / Exposicion "ARTE MADI"... / Titulo "PINTURA MADI" 1946", second printed label: "DELMIRO MENDEZ... / Exposicion "Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America" / Obra No 100 ... / Fecha Abril' 2004"
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