Rhod Rothfuss
Composición Madí

Composición Madí
Composición Madí
ArtistUruguayan, 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 Fund
Object number2004.1658
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
On view

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Object Type
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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Composición Madí
Rhod Rothfuss
1948
Enamel on wood
2004.1657
Estructura lumínica Madí 6
Gyula Kosice
1946
Neon gas, Plexiglas, and wood box
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1937
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1955
Enamel on wood
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Concreto
Geraldo de Barros
1952-1953
Enamel on hardboard
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Virtual XIV
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1958
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2005.1000
Virtual XII
Hermelindo Fiaminghi
1958
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Sem título
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1953
Enamel on hardboard
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Variação de quadrados
Judith Lauand
1957
Enamel on hardboard
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La sordidez
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c. 1964
Polymateric construction composed of wood, cardboard, plastic, roots, nails, enamel, and metals including steel, iron, and aluminum bottle caps
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