Milton Dacosta
Em vermelho

Em vermelho

© Alexandre Dacosta

Em vermelho
Em vermelho
ArtistBrazilian, 1915–1988
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Em vermelho
  • In Red
Date1958–1959
Made inBrazil
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions28 3/4 × 36 1/8 in. (73 × 91.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase
Object number2006.48
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
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Here, Dacosta continuously divides the canvas into thirds to
render mathematical rhythms of red and white squares outlined with thick, black
lines. Color determines the spatial relationships as red dominates the top
two-thirds of the painting, and the bottom is separated into two solid red
rectangles and smaller, contiguous white squares. The resulting construction
produces an internal coherence of geometric form, while referencing
architectural structures such as a door or a wall.




ProvenanceThe artist; Stanislaw Baroinski, Rio de Janeiro; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, August 6, 1971; sold to MFAH, 2006.

Exhibition HistoryProjeto construtivo brasileiro na arte (1950-1962). Pinacoteca do Estado. São Paulo, Brazil. July-August 1977.

Milton Dacosta Retrospectiva. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. September-October 1981.

Arte transcendente. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. March 1981.

Tradição e Ruptura. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera. São Paulo, Brazil. November 1984-January 1985.

Modernidade: art brésilien du 20e siècle. Musée D Art Moderne de La Ville de Paris. Paris, France. December 1987-February 1988.

Modernidade: arte brasileira do século XX. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. April-May 1988.

Milton Dacosta: anos 50. Funarte. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. June-July 1988.

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

Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. October-December 1998.

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

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

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.

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

"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
Marked in ink on verso canvas: (signature) / 58-59 / EM VERMELHO/ 73 X 92 ...
Signed on verso canvas: M. Dacosta / 58-59
Printed back labels:

100 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

FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE ARTE / Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas / MILTON DACOSTA / Exposição / ANOS 50 / Local / L NARTE - 1988 ...

MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO / ... ARTE TRANSCENDENTE / ...

EXPOSIÇÃO MODERNIDADE - ARTE BRASILEIRO / DO SECULO XX / MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO

PROJETO CONSTRUTIVO BRASILEIRO NA ARTE (1950 196? / PINACOTECA DO ESTADO - ... São Paulo, 14 junho/3 de julho de 1977

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Villa de Paris / Exp.: MODERNIDADE / ... 9.12.87 ... (paper is folded)... / Proprietaire Col. Adolpho Leirner - ...

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