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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; Ralph Camargo, São Paulo; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1972; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Lygia Clark," Signals, London, April–May, 1965.
"34a Biennale Internazionale d’Arte," Venice, July–October, 1968.
"Lygia Clark: superfícies moduladas/bichos/manifestações," Galeria Ralph Camargo, São Paulo, November–December, 1971.
"Lygia Clark," Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, March–April, 1982.
"Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820-1980," Hayward Gallery, London, May–August, 1989; "Latinamerikansk konst: Jord och Frihet 1830-1970," Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, September–November, 1989; "Arte en Iberoamérica 1820-1980," Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid, December, 1989–March, 1990; "Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX," Estación Plaza de Armas, Seville, August–October, 1992; "Art d’Amérique latine 1911-1968," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 1992–January, 1993; "Lateinamerikanische Kunst," Museum Ludwig, Cologne, February–April, 1993; "Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century," Museum of Modern Art, New York, June–September, 1993.
"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.
"Lygia Clark," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, June–August, 1999.
"Heterotopías: medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, December, 2000–February, 2001.
"Mostra do redescobrimento: arte contemporânea - Brasil 500 anos artes visuais," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, April–September, 2000.
"Brazil: Body & Soul," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October, 2001–January, 2002.
"Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil," Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, February–June, 2003; MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico, July–October, 2003.
"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.
"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.
"Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 13, 2008–March 22, 2009.
"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.
"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.
"Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988," Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10–August 24, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
White typed label:
REFERENCIA : -10881 [?] / TITULO : OVO LINEAR / COLECIONADOR: ADOLFO LEIRNER / TECNICA : PINTURA INDUSTRIAL S/MADEIRA / ANO/DIMS. : 1958/ /33 CM DE DIAMETRO;
White typed label: "64 Lygia Clark / Ovo, (trabalho original), 1959 / Tinta Industrial s/ Madeira, / diâmetro 33cm
Yellow printed label with typed specific information:
Exhibition: Latin American Artists of / the Twentieth Century / Artist: LYGIA CLARK / Title/Date: OVO. 1959 / Medium: Painted wood ... Box No.: BR42
Printed label with typed specific information:
Centre Georges Pompidou / EXPO : ART D'AMERIQUE LATINE 1911-1968 107[?] / AUTEUR : LYGIA CLARK / TITRE : OVO, 1959
Blue and white printed label with typed specific information:
INTERNATIONAL ART TRANSPORT / 60, RUE SAINT-SABIN - PARIS-XIe[?] / ROQuette : 69.92 / Artiste L. CLARK N Réf. I0550 BRESIL / Titre / Prêteur Mme L. CLARK PARIS
Printed label with typed specific information: LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA / XXXIV ESPOSIZIONE BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE 1968 / Name and surname [all headings in Italian and French also] CLARK LYGIA / Title of the work Ovo / Sale price 2.177.500 / Owner Coleção do artiste / Address Av. Prado Junifor [?], 16 apto 801 - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - [instructions about placement of label]
Label:
cy / [purple image with 'MERCI' at top and 'VISITANTE' at bottom] / 1982
Orange printed label with typed specific information:
RALPH / CAMARGO / AUTOR LYGIA CLARK / TITULO "OVO" / TECNICA MADEIRA PINTADA / DATA 1959 ...
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