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Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

The cornerstone of the Museum’s Constructive art holdings is the Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, acquired in 2007. This world-renowned collection consists of more than 100 extraordinary examples by Concrete and Neo-Concrete groups that flourished in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro between 1950 and 1965. Featured prominently in the Leirner Collection is the innovative production by the leaders of these two groups—Lygia Clark, Waldemar Cordeiro, and Hélio Oiticica—as well as works by independent artists such as Milton Dacosta, Mira Schendel, and Alfredo Volpi. The Leirner Collection is featured on the Google Art Project.

Les grands titres de la collection
Planos em superfície modulada no. 1
Lygia Clark
1957
Industrial paint on wood
2005.469
Bicho (máquina)
Lygia Clark
1962
Gilded metal with hinges
2005.470
Objeto rítmico no. 2 (segunda versão)
Maurício Nogueira Lima
1970s, first version 1952
Plastered paint on hardboard
2005.471
Sem título
Mira Schendel (Myrrha Dagmar Dub)
1954
Gesso, wood, tempera on wood
2005.472