Thomaz Farkas
Luminaria do Cine Ipiranga São Paulo

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Artist Thomaz Farkas(Brazilian, born Hungary, 1924–2011)Brazilian, born Hungary, 1924–2011

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Luminaria do Cine Ipiranga São Paulo

Datec. 1945, printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 17 5/16 × 17 5/16 in. (44 × 44 cm)
Frame: 28 3/8 × 24 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (72 × 61.5 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Adolpho Leirner in honor of Mari Carmen Ramírez

Object number2019.217

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Photographs by Latin American Artists

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionOne of the principal figures in mid-20th-century Brazilian photography, Thomaz Farkas recorded the rapid transformation of São Paulo’s urban landscape in a style as modern as the new architecture itself. This image, which at first glance reads as an abstraction, shows the ceiling of the Ipiranga Cinema, inaugurated in April 1943 and still regarded as one of the city’s Modernist treasures.
ProvenanceThe artist; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, Brazil; given to MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in black in, recto, bottom margin: Ao querido Adolpho Leirner, // Amigo das artes e dos artistas! [artistas underlined twice] // Thomaz Farkas

[Dear Adolpho Leirner, Friend of the arts and of the artists! Thomaz Farkas]

Signed in black ink, recto, bottom margin: Thomaz Farkas

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