Héctor Ragni
Paisaje constructivo de Montevideo

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Artist Héctor Ragni (Argentinean, 1897–1952)Argentinean, 1897–1952

CultureArgentinean

Titles

Paisaje constructivo de Montevideo
Constructivist Landscape of Montevideo

Date1935

PlaceMontevideo, Uruguay

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions31 × 25 3/4 in. (78.7 × 65.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latin Maecenas and ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Object number2005.354

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 205

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Description

Trátase de las primeras obras del universalismo constructivo
hechas en Sudamérica. Ilustra el dinamismo del medio urbano condensado en pictogramas
arquetípicos esenciales colocados sobre la cuadrícula ortogonal. Aunque Ragni afloja
la rigidez estructural haciendo que los pictogramas y planos de color se
movilicen de un compartimento a otro. Más aún, sus símbolos siguen siendo
orgánicos al impregnarlos de referencias hacia el mundo exterior, ciudad y
puerto incluidos.

ProvenanceThe artist; [Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York]; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Jones, Masterson, and Lovett Galleries, August 13, 2005 - January 2, 2006.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 16 September, 2012 - 6 January, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked on verso upper canvas: "[signature] As.A.Cuo(?) / ¦Paisaje urbano¦"

Marked on verso upper left: "Héctor Ragni"

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