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Chair

Chair
Chair
Chair
ArtistBrazilian, 1896–1986
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Chair
Datec. 1933
MediumMadeira wood and upholstery
Dimensions39 5/16 × 17 11/16 × 20 3/16 in. (99.9 × 45 × 51.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Adolpho Leirner in honor of Sam Gorman
Object number2022.116
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
Provenance[Guiomar Correa Dias, Sao Paulo]; Adolpho Leirner, 1970s; given to MFAH 2022.
Exhibition History"Arte no Brasil: uma história de cinco séculos" Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 14/01/1979 - 15/03/1979

"Tradição e Ruptura: Síntese de Arte e Cultura Brasileiras" Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (Parque Ibirapuera: Pavilhão Engenheiro Armando Arruda Pereira (atual Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras)), 19/11/1984 - 31/01/1985

"Constructive art in Brazil: Adolpho Leirner Collection" Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, 10/02/1998 - 12/20/1998; Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, 01/15/1999 - 03/04/1999

"Brazilian ArtDéco: Fulvia and Adolpho Leirner Collection"Pinacoteca de Sao Paulo,
09/08/2008 - 05/10/2008
Published References ARAUJO , Marcelo Mattos. The Brazilian ArtDeco: Fulvia and Adolpho Leirner collection. São Paulo : Pinacoteca de São Paulo, 2008. GONÇALVES , Lisbeth Rebollo. Between Scenographies, the museum and the exhibition of art in the 20th century. São Paulo : University of São Paulo Publisher, 1995. LOSCHIAVO DOS SANTOS , Maria Cecilia. Móvel moderno no Brasil. São Paulo : Studio Nobel ; Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, 1995. SIMIONI, Ana Paula Cavalcanti and MIGLIACCIO , Luciano. Art Deco in Brazil: Fulvia and Adolpho Leirner Collection. São Paulo : Olhares, 2020. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Tradição e Ruptura paper exhibition label on underside of front apron
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