Artist
Waldemar CordeiroBrazilian, born Italy, 1925–1973
CultureBrazilian
Titles
- Texto aberto
- Open Text
Date1966
MediumMovable letter-characters on a wood sliding base
Dimensions12 3/16 × 77 3/4 × 2 in. (31 × 197.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2005.358
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Waldemar Cordeiro - Uma Aventura da Razao," Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, August–September, 1986.
"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920-1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 12, 2004.
"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 13, 2005–January 2, 2006.
"Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, October 22, 2005–January 8, 2006; Bronx Museum of the Arts, October 14, 2006–January 28, 2007.
"Constructing Abstraction: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.
"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.
"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June–September 27, 2009.
"Words/Matter: Latin American Art and Language at the Blanton," Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, February 17–May 26, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on verso upper right: "WALDEMAR CORDEIRO 1966"
Dyno label on recto lower left: "6. LETTERE APARTE"
Printed back label: "MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA / "WALDEMAR CORDEIRO - UMO AVENTURA DA RAZAO" / Data da exposçao: de 07/08/86 a 07/09/86 / titulo da obra: Texto Aberto / ... coleçao: FAMILIA CORDEIRO"
Printed back label: "MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA / "WALDEMAR CORDEIRO - UMO AVENTURA DA RAZAO" / Data da exposçao: de 07/08/86 a 07/09/86 / titulo da obra: Texto Aberto / ... coleçao: FAMILIA CORDEIRO"
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