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COLLECTION OF ROY AND MARY CULLEN. © ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK / ADAGP, PARIS "WHEN THE EXHIBITION OPENED, MANY PEOPLE ASKED ME IF I WASN'T THRILLED ABOUT HAVING MY COLLECTION AT THE MUSEUM … WHAT I WAS REALLY THRILLED ABOUT WAS TO HAVE ALL THESE GREAT CZECH ARTISTS HAVING THEIR MOMENT IN HOUSTON." — Mary Cullen, reflecting on the Cullen Collection's unveiling at the MFAH Clockwise from top left: A vignette in the library showcases a 1929 ceramic vase by Austrian talent Gudrun Baudisch, resting on a rare Cubist table by Vlastislav Hofman, circa 1912. Above, a gouache on cardboard by Brazilian Hélio Oiticica, Seco # 15, circa 1956, signals the Cullens' other interest: Latin American modernism. These impressive doors in an upstairs hallway were gleaned from an auction in Chicago, then silver- and gold-leafed. Toyen's Portrait d'André Breton, 1950. The downstairs salon transports us to turn-of-the-century Prague and Vienna, starring a suite of Czech furniture upholstered in a Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte-design fabric. JANUARY | PAGE 24 | 2012