María Helena Andrés
Fantazia de ritmos

Fantazia de ritmos

© Maria Helena Andrés Ribeiro

Fantazia de ritmos
Fantazia de ritmos
ArtistBrazilian, born 1922
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Fantazia de ritmos
  • Rhythm Fantasy
Date1958
Made inBrazil
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions19 5/8 × 27 1/2 in. (49.8 × 69.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.978
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
100 North Foyer
On view

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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Ferriera Gullar, "Arte no concreta no Brazil: etapas da pintura contemporânea XXXIX," 1960 (record ID 1090830)



Exhibition History



Bienal Brasil Século XX. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera. São Paulo, Brazil. April–May 1994.



Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. October-December 1998.



Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. January-March 1999.



Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil. The Adolpho Leirner Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. May-September 2007.



Published References



Books/catalogues



Aguilar, Nelson. 1994.  Bienal Brasil Século XX. São Paulo, Brasil: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo: 269.



Amaral, Aracy A. 1998. Arte construtiva no Brasil: coleção Adolpho Leirner São Paulo: DBAM: 199.



Olea, Héctor and Mari Carmen Ramírez. 2009.  Building on a construct: the Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts.



Ramírez, Mari Carmen, and Adolpho Leirner. 2007. Dimensions of constructive art in Brazil: the Adolpho Leirner  Collection. [Houston, Tex.]: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: 151.



Andrés, Maria Helena. “Depoimento.” In: Ávila, Cristina (org.). Maria Helena Andrés Retrospectiva 1944–1994. Belo Horizonte: Grande Galeria do Palácio das Artes, Fundação Clóvis Salgado, 1994. pp. 3-10. ICAA Record ID: 1293835



Ávila, Cristina. “Maria Helena Andrés: Luminosidade e poesia.” In: Maria Helena Andrés Retrospectiva 1944–1994. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Grande Galeria do Palácio das Artes, Fundação Clóvis Salgado, 1994. pp.1-2. ICAA Record ID: 1293819



ProvenanceThe artist; Adolfo Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2005.

Exhibition HistoryBienal Brasil Século XX. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera. São Paulo, Brazil. April–May 1994.

Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. October-December 1998.

Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. January-March 1999.

Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil. The Adolpho Leirner Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. May-September 2007.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on verso top stretcher: [signature] Fantazia de ritmos

Marked on verso lower stretcher: 3 Guache centa 37 - Belo Horizonte (probably)

Signed on verso top stretcher: M. Helena Andrés
Printed circular stamp on verso canvas, left of center: VIS?LAO NA...?IAL...? 1958 (in the center)

3 Printed Labels on verso:
1. 97 / Maria Helena Andres.....
2. Bienal Brasil Seculo...
3. 97 / Maria Helena Andres... Museu de Arte Moderna...

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