Lygia Clark
Planos em superfície modulada no. 1

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Artist Lygia Clark(Brazilian, 1920–1988)Brazilian, 1920–1988

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Planos em superfície modulada no. 1
Planes on a Modulated Surface No. 1

Date1957

Made inBrazil

MediumIndustrial paint on wood

Dimensions34 1/4 × 23 5/8 in. (87 × 60 cm)

Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2005.469

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 204

Exposé

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Description

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)

Guy Brett, [Letter to Adolpho Leirner], 1988 (record ID 1232349)

Lygia Clark, "1968:Somos domésticos?," 1980 (record ID 1110516)

Ferreira Gullar, "Do quadro ao não objeto," 1960 (record ID 1091272)

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; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1986; sold to MFAH, 2005.

Exhibition History"Experiência neoconcreta," Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, May–June 1991; Museu Metropolitano de Arte de Curitiba, Brazil, July 1991.

"Ultramodern: The art of contemporary Brazil," The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., April–June 1993.

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

"O mundo de Mário Schenberg," Casa das Rosas, São Paulo, Brazil, June 1996.

"Lygia Clark," Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain, October–December 1997.

"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, October–December 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, January–March 1999.

"Lygia Clark," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, June–August 1999.

"Mostra do redescobrimento: arte contemporânea - Brasil 500 anos artes visuais," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Brazil, April–September 2000.

"Heterotopías: medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, December 2000–February 2001.

"Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil," MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, México, July–October 2003; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, February–June 2003.

"Beyond Geometry: experiments in form, 1940-70s," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June–October 2004.

"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May–September 2007.

“North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

“Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, November 12, 2009–February 21, 2010.

"Arte latinamericano 1910–2010," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, September 21, 2011–March 5, 2012.

"Specters of Artaud: Language and the Arts circa 1952," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, September–December 2012.

“Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10–August 24, 2014.

"Postwar - Art between the Pacific and Atlantic 1945-1965," Haus der Kunst, Munich, October 14, 2016–March 26, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

No inscriptions

Printed back labels (see file for photocopies):

Los Angeles County / Museum of Art / ... / Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-70s / June 13, 2004 to October 3, 2004 / Number: EX2284.77 / Artist Clark, Lygia / Title: Planos em superfície modulada no. 1..."

No.: 115 / Artista: Lygia Clark / Título: Estudo para superfície modulada No.1 / Data: 1957 / Tec/Mat: madeira pintada / ... /Credito: Coleção Fulvia e Adolpho Leirner

67 Lygia Clark / Planos em superfície modulada / No. 1 1957 / Tinta Industrial s/Madeira, / ...

Titulo: Planos em superfície Modulada nr. / Artista: Lygia Clark / Técnica: Industrial paint on wood / ...

67 Lygia Clark / Planos em superfície Modulada No. 1, 1957 / Tinta Industrial s/Madeira, ... / 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

EXPOSIÇAO: O MUNDO DE MÁRIO SCHENBERG / DE 27 DE MARÇO A 16 DE JUNHO DE 1996 / LYGIA CLARK / Estudo para superfície modulada No.1, 1957 / óleo sobre eucatex...

FULVIA E ADOLPHO LEIRNER / Rua Bahia 204 • 9° / (011) 666291 660763 / CEP. 01244 SÃO PAULO SP BRASIL

Two additional labels (covered with plastic), with similar text as those above.

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