Amílcar de Castro
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© Rodrigo de Castro

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CultureBrazilian
Titles
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  • Untitled
Date1950s
Made inBrazil
MediumSteel
Dimensions19 3/4 × 28 × 31 in. (50.2 × 71.1 × 78.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.986
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
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Description

The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Ronaldo Brito, "O trabalho de Amilcar de Castro reúne" (record ID 1111306)

Ferreira Gullar, "Esxulturas de Amilcar de Castro" (record ID 1091573)

Frederico Morais, "Escultura, objeto e participação," 1967 (record ID 1111085)

Hélio Oiticica, "Publicado posteriormente," 1965 (record ID 1091536)


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

Exhibition HistoryAmilcar de Castro.Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud. São Paulo, Brazil. October-November 1982.

Amilcar de Castro. Paço Imperial. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. June-July 1989.

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

XVI Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas: Sala Especial Aluísio Carvão. Palácio Gustavo Capanema. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March-April 1998.

Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil. MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Monterrey, México. July-October 2003.

Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil. Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico City, México. February-June 2003.

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

"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.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Welded in the metal at back lower edge: Amílcar de Castro
No marks

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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