1.1 Kati Horna, Untitled (from the series Story of a Vampire: It Happened in Coyoacán, image sequence 1/24), 1962 31
1.2 Kati Horna, Untitled (from the series Story of a Vampire: It Happened in Coyoacán, image sequence 13/24), 1962 32
1.3 Kati Horna, Untitled (from the series Story of a Vampire: It Happened in Coyoacán, image sequence 20/24), 1962 33
2.1 Artist: Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994 Dibujo sin papel 83/7 Drawing without Paper 83/7 date: 1983 iron and paint overall: 12 3/16 × 2 1/16 in. (31 × 5.3 cm) Fundación Gego Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TR:529-2003 44
2.2 Artist: Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994 Chorros Streams date: 1970 Aluminum rods, iron wire, and painted iron wire variable dimensions, private collection, TR:535-2003 47
2.3 Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994 Dibujo sin papel 83/5A (Drawing without Paper 83/5A) date: 1983 steel mesh with iron rods, wire, and enamel overall: 18 11/16 × 15 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (47.5 × 40 × 8 cm) Fundación Gego Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TR:14192004 50
2.4 Artist: Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994 Dibujo sin papel 85/12 Drawing without Paper 85/12 Date: 1985 steel wire, thread, and leader sleeves 41 × 39 3/4 in. (104 × 101 cm) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Gift of the Fundación Gego, 2005.355 53
4.1 Gyula Kosice, Argentinean, La ciudad hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City), 1946–1972. Acrylic, paint, metal and light, variable dimensions. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2009.29.1–.26 74
4.2 Gyula Kosice, Hábitat hidroespacial, maqueta Z (Hydrospatial Habitat, Model Z) from La ciudad hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City), 1971. Acrylic, Plexiglas, paint, and metal, 10.8 × 38.1 × 28.6 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2009.29.18 75
4.3 Gyula Kosice, Argentinean, Hábitat hidroespacial, maqueta Z (Hydrospatial Habitat, Model Z), 1948. Ink on paper, 44.8 × 62.2 × 3.2 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2009.1793 76
4.4 Artist: Gyula Kosice, Viviendas hidroespaciales en la constelación de Yael (Hydrospatial Living Spaces in the Yael Constellation) from La ciudad hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City), 1970. Acrylic, Plexiglas, paint, and light, 51.8 × 71.4 × 11.1 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2009.29.1 77
4.5 Gyula Kosice, Sin título, Fotomontaje No. 4 de La ciudad hidroespacial (Untitled, Photomontage No. 4 from the Hydrospatial City), 1950. Photomontage, 73.3 × 48.6 × 3.8 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2009.1780 78
4.6 Gyula Kosice, Argentinean, Memoria descriptiva, maqueta G (Descriptive Memory, Model G), no date. Photomechanical reproduction, 48.9 × 108.6 × 1.3 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2009.1801 78
4.7 Gyula Kosice, Argentinean, Röyi no. 3, 1944. Wood joined with bolts and wing nuts, 120 × 64 × 15 cm (variable). The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2004.1654 87
4.8 Gyula Kosice, Argentinean, Estructura lumínica Madí 6 (Luminescent Madí Structure No. 6), 1946. Neon gas, Plexiglas, and wood box, 60 × 50 × 12 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2004.1655 87
5.1 Myra Landau, Ritmo Partido, 1965. Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 110 × 130 cm. 105
5.2 Myra Landau, Texto legible, circa 1980s. Drawing on paper, 21,50 × 18 cm. TEXTOS LEGIBLES Y RITMOS ILEGIBLES, published and printed by the Instituto de Artes Plásticas dae la Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, México 114
5.3 Myra Landau, Ritmo Ragtime, 1984. Pastel on raw linen, 115 × 90 cm. 117
5.4 Myra Landau, Ritmo Jerusalem, 2009. Pastel on raw linen and Chinese ink. 40 × 50 cm. 119
6.1 Mi cumpleaños (My Birthday), 1957, oil on canvas, 16 × 19 ¾ in. (40,5 × 50 cm) 130
6.2 Composición Kibbutz (Kibbutz Composition), 1966, oil on canvas, 22 ½ × 30 in. (57 × 76 cm) 134
6.3 Los astronautas (The Astronauts), 1968, oil on canvas, 31 ½ × 39 ½ in. (80 × 100,5 cm) 135
6.4 Pareja (Couple), 1969, ceramic, 10 ¾ × 2 ¾ × 6 ¾ in. (27 × 7 × 16 cm) 136
6.5 Collage con mano (Collage with Hand), 1972, mixed media, 14 × 14 in. (35,5 × 35,5 cm) 142
8.1 Hernán Díaz Giraldo (1950–2008), Retrato de Feliza Bursztyn Rzeznik, 1965, photograph 166
8.2 Feliza Bursztyn, Chatarra (Junk Sculpture), n.d. Assemblage (scrap metal) 170
8.3 Feliza Bursztyn, Clitemnestra (Clytemnestra), 1963. Chatarra (Scrap metal), 156 × 90 × 45 cm. 172
8.4 Feliza Bursztyn, Histérica (Hysterical), n.d. Stainless steel and motor 174
8.5 La baila mecánica (The Mechanical Ballet), installation at the Museo La Tertulia, Cali (1979), featured on the cover of the magazine Arte en Colombia No. 17, December 1981–May 1982 181
9.1 Guillermo Kuitca, El Diario, 16 October 2008–April 2009, 2008–2009 one of a series of tondos made by stretching canvas over a circular table in his studio and sketching, doodling and making notes on it for three to six months. Mixed media on canvas, 119.38 cms (47 ¼ ins) in diameter. Buenos Aires 190
9.2 Guillermo Kuitca, Yo como el ángel, 1985. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 × 340 cm (78 ¾ × 133 7/8 in). Buenos Aires 192
9.3 Guillermo Kuitca, Odessa, 1988. Acrylic on canvas, 125 × 88 cm (49 3/16 × 34 5/8 in) 195
9.4 Guillermo Kuitca, The Tablada Suite 6, 1991. From a series of “drawn paintings” inspired by the map of a Jewish cemetery outside Buenos Aires. Graphite and acrylic on canvas, 199.7 × 200.3 cm (78 5/8 × 78 7/8 ins) 199
9.5 Guillermo Kuitca, The Family Idiot (Sleeper in the Mirror), 2019. Oil on canvas in artist’s frame, 35 × 45 cm (13 ¾ × 17 ¾) 205
9.6 Guillermo Kuitca, Altarpiece (Retablo), 2022. Oil on canvas, 203.5 × 89.8 × 2 cm (80 1/8 × 35 3/8 × 1 in) 207