Alfredo Hlito
Derivación del cuadrado (Derivation of the Square)

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Artist Alfredo Hlito (Argentinean, 1923–1993)Argentinean, 1923–1993

CultureArgentinean

Titles

Derivación del cuadrado (Derivation of the Square)

Date1954

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas or panel: 21 5/8 × 17 11/16 in. (55 × 45 cm)

Credit LineFundación Privada Allegro Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2021.348

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 204

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCollection of the artist; Galerie Von Bartha, Basel, 2009; Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, 2009 – 2013; Fundación Privada Allegro, 2013.
Exhibition HistoryAlfredo Hlito: Pintura 1946–1969, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, Abril de 1969

Alfredo Hlito: Obra pictórica 1945–1985, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1987

Arte Concreto Invención - Arte Madi, Galeria Von Bartha, Basel, 1994 (not included in catalogue)

América fría: La abstracción geométrica en Latinoamérica, 1934-1973, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 11 de febrero – 15 de mayo de 2011

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

N/A

The work is signed, titled and dated on the back, upper right-hand corner: Hlito, 1954, “Derivación del cuadrado” (Fig. 8).

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