- Planos em superfície modulada no. 5
- Planes on a Modulated Surface No. 5
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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art
Related ICAA documents:
Vera Pedrosa Martins de Alemeida, "L'homme est le centre = O homem é o centro [consultado]," 1998 (record ID 1110692)
Monica Amor, "From Work to Frame, In-between, and Beyond : Lygia Clark's and Hélio Oiticica's work 1959-1964," 2010 (record ID http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/THEARCHIVE/FullRecord/tabid/88/doc/1281344/language/en-US/Default.aspx">1281344)
Guy Brett, [Letter to Adolpho Leirner], 1988 (record ID 1232349)
Guy Brett, “Lygia Clark: In Search of the Body,” 1994 (record ID 1232526)
Lygia Clark, "1968:Somos domésticos?," 1980 (record ID http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/THEARCHIVE/FullRecord/tabid/88/doc/1110516/language/en-US/Default.aspx">1110516)
Jean Clay, “Lygia Clark: Ongoing Fusion — 1968,” 1992 (record ID 1232614)
Ferreira Gullar, "Do quadro ao não objeto," 1960 (record ID 1091272)
Jayme Mauricio, II Brasile: Alla XXXIV Biennale Di Venezia, exh. cat., 1968 (record ID 1232444)
David Medalla, ed., “Lygia Clark at Signals London, 27th May to 3rd July,” 1965 (record ID 1232662)
Frederico Morais, "Contra a arte afluente : o corpo é o motor da "obra"," 1970 (record ID 1110685)
ProvenanceThe artist; Bruno Mussatti, São Paulo; Adolpho Leirner, 1984; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"7a Bienal de São Paulo," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, September–December, 1963.
"34a Biennale Internazionale d’Arte," Venice, July–October, 1968.
"Lygia Clark: superfícies moduladas/bichos/manifestações," Galeria Ralph Camargo, São Paulo, November–December, 1971.
"Projeto arte brasileira: abstração geométrica 1," Funarte, São Paulo, 1987.
"Ultramodern: The art of contemporary Brazil," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, April–June, 1993.
"Bienal Brasil Século XX," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, April–May, 1994.
"Lygia Clark," Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, October–December, 1997.
"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, October–December, 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, January–March, 1999.
"Mostra do redescobrimento: arte contemporânea - Brasil 500 anos artes visuais," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, April–September, 2000.
"Heterotopías: medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, December, 2000–February, 2001.
"Contemporary Art from Brazil," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, July–October, 2001.
"Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil," Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, February–June, 2003; MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, México, July–October, 2003.
"Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988," Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10–August 24, 2014.
"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920–1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 12, 2004.
"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.
"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.
"The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art," Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, November 12, 2009–February 21, 2010.
"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
"Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988," Museum of Modern Art, New York, May–August, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed label: "66 Lygia Clark / Planos em Superfície Modulada / No.5, 1957 / Tinta Industrial s/ Madeira / 80 x 70 cm"
Printed label with specific information in ink: "FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE ARTE / Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas / Exposição / Projecto Arte Brasileira / Local / Itirierante [? illegible] / Data / 1987 ... / [signed by] Diretor do INAP / MINISTERIO DA CULTURA"
Red and white printed label: "BIENAL / BRASIL / SECULO / X X / 24 DE ABRIL A 29 DE MAIO DE 1994 / Edemar Cid Ferreira/Presidente / Nelson Aguilar/Curador / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo"
Printed label with specific information in ink: "BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO / setembro - dezembro 1963 / Nome e sobrenome Lygia Clark / Titulo da obra Planos em superficie modulada 2 vertical [?] / Categoria e dimensões Superficie [? illegible] / Tecnica madeira _ [?] celulose / Prèço de venda [?] 150.000,00"
Label in red ink covering rest of above label: "superficie module' N. 5 / 2 version (1957)"
Orange printed label with typed specific information: "RALPH / CAMARGO / AUTOR / LYGIA CLARK / TITULO / SUPERFICIE MODULADA / NUMERO 5 (VERSÃO NO2) / TECNICA / MADEIRA PINTADA / DATA / 1957 / DIMENSÕES / 0,70x0,80 / DBS / ALAMEDA MINISTRO ROCHA AZIVEDO 1335 / 282 7701 SÃO PAULO 5 SP BRASIL"
String tag with printed text: "66 Lygia Clark / Planos em Superficie Modulada No 5, 1957 / Tinta Industrial s/ Madeira, 80 x 70 cm / mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo / exposição: Arte Construtiva Brasileira: Coleçao Adolpho Leirner"/ de 1 de Outubro a 20 de Dezembro de 1998"
Blue and white printed tag with typed specific information: "INTERNATIONAL ART TRANSPORT / 60, RUE SAINT-SABIN - PARIS-X / ROQuette: 69-92 / Artiste L. CLARK N/Réf [typed text covered by illegible black stamp] / Titre / Preteur Mme L. CLARK PARIS"
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