Delos

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Artist Gunther Gerzso (Mexican, 1915–2000)Mexican, 1915–2000

CultureMexican

Titles

Delos

Date1960

PlaceMexico

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions44 3/4 × 57 1/2 in. (113.7 × 146.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, Suzette and Darrell Betts, Dr. Luis and Cecilia Campos, Jean-Marie and Araceli Diederichs, Lee and Joe Jamail, Frank Ribelin, and the Stanford Group

Object number2006.618

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; Carmen Carillo Tejero, Mexico City; sold to MFAH, 2006
Exhibition History"El Riego De Lo Abstracto: El Modernismo Y El Arte De Gunther Gerzso," Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional De Arte Moderno, Mexico City.

"Seccion Anual De Invitados," Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes, Mexico City.

"Gunther Gerzso - 1977," Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes Y Literatura, Museo De Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1977.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2003?

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Painted on verso canvas lower right quadranta: " "DELOS" / (signature) / 59"

Painted on verso canvas lower right : " (title) / GERZSO / 59"

Printed paper labels on verso stretchers (see photocopies in Acc. File):

"EL RIEGO DE LO ABSTRACTO: EL MODERNISMO Y EL ARTE DE GUNTHER GERZSO / GUNTHER GERZSO / DELOS, 1960 / OLEO Y PIEDRA POMEZ SOBRE TELA / ... / ARMANDO SAENZ / NBA- / 32"

"CAT.52 / SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART / EX 2003.9.61 Delos, 1960 / Oil and pumice stone on canvas / ... / Private Collection, Mexico"

"INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES - MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE MODERNO / OFICINA DE REGISTRO DE ..?RAS MEXICO / AUTOR GUNTHER GERZSO ... (paper torn) 44 / TECNICA OLEO SOBRE TELA ... (paper torn) ... / PINTADO (FECHA) 195 ...(paper torn)"

"INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES Y LITERATURA / MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO / MEXICO / AUTOR GUNTHER GERZSO FECHA (NAC.) 1915 / TITULO "DELOS" PINTADO (FECHA) 1959 / TECNICA OLEO / TELA MEDIDAS ... / COLECCION (paper torn)"

"SECCION ANUAL DE INVITADOS / INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES - OFICINA DE REGISTRO DE ...(torn) ... / ..."

"COLECCION CARRILLO GIL / Certificado / Autor G/ GERZSO. 15(circled) / 'Delos' 1959. / ... "

"EXPOSICION GUNTHER GERZSO - 1977 / INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES Y LITERATURA / MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO / MEXICO / AUTOR GUNTHER GERZSO FECHA (NAC.) 1915 / TITULO "DELOS" PINTADO (FECHA) 1960 / TECNICA OLEO/TELA ... / COLECCION SRA. CARMEN T. DE CARRILLO GIL"

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