Waldemar Cordeiro
Cartaz e convite para Primeira Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta

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Artist Waldemar Cordeiro (Brazilian, born Italy, 1925–1973)Brazilian, born Italy, 1925–1973

Artist Luís Sacilotto (Brazilian, 1924–2003)Brazilian, 1924–2003

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Cartaz e convite para Primeira Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta
Poster and invitation for the First National Exhibition of Concrete Art

Date1956

PlaceBrazil, South America

MediumLetterpress and typewriter ink and postage stamps on wove paper

DimensionsSheet (.A poster): 18 5/8 × 12 11/16 in. (47.3 × 32.2 cm)
Sheet (.B invitation): 8 7/8 × 8 1/8 in. (22.5 × 20.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2007.17.A,.B

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Object Type

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Description

The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Lothar Charoux et al., “Ruptura,” 1952 (record ID 771349)

Lothar Charoux, "Ruptura," 1952 (record ID 1232213)

Waldemar Cordeiro, "Ruptura," 1953 (record ID 1085337)

Lourival Gomes Machado, "Ainda não é amanhã," (record ID 1110722)

ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta," Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, December 4–18, 1956.

"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920–1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 12, 2004.

"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.

"Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art," Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, November 12, 2009–February 21, 2010.

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