Artist
Maurício Nogueira Lima(Brazilian, 1930–1999)Brazilian, 1930–1999
CultureBrazilian
Titles
- Sem título
- Untitled
Date1962
Made inBrazil
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions27 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (69.9 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2005.1013
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
Exposé
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Department
Latin American ArtSpecial Collections
Object Type
The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art
Related ICAA documents:
Lothar Charoux et al., “Ruptura,” 1952 (record ID 771349)
Lothar Charoux, "Ruptura," 1952 (record ID 1232213)
Waldemar Cordeiro, "Ruptura," 1953 (record ID 1085337)
Waldemar Cordeiro, "Todos atentos," 1966 (record ID 1090623)
Lourival Gomes Machado, "Bienal: significação do novo," 1959 (record ID 1110723)
ProvenanceThe artist; Lourdes Cedran, São Paulo; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1986; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil; October–December, 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; January–March, 1999.
"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 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
[No inscriptions]
Signed, recto, lower right: MAURICIO N. LIMA 62;
Signed, verso, top stretcher: MAURICIO N. LIMA
Signed, verso, top stretcher: MAURICIO N. LIMA
Printed label and printed tag on verso:
41 Maurício Nogueira Lima / Sem Título, 1962 / ... / mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo / exposição: Arte Construtiva Brasileira: Coleção Adolpho Leirner / de 1 de Outubro a 20 de Dezembro de 1998;
41 Maurício Nogueira Lima / Sem Título, 1962 / Óleo s/Tela, ...
41 Maurício Nogueira Lima / Sem Título, 1962 / ... / mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo / exposição: Arte Construtiva Brasileira: Coleção Adolpho Leirner / de 1 de Outubro a 20 de Dezembro de 1998;
41 Maurício Nogueira Lima / Sem Título, 1962 / Óleo s/Tela, ...
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Maurício Nogueira Lima
1970s, first version 1952
Plastered paint on hardboard
2005.471
