Antônio Maluf
Cartaz da Primeira Bienal de São Paulo

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Artist Antônio Maluf (Brazilian, 1926–2006)Brazilian, 1926–2006

CultureBrazilian

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Cartaz da Primeira Bienal de São Paulo
Poster for the First Biennial of São Paulo

Date1951

PlaceBrazil, South America

MediumSilkscreen

DimensionsSheet: 37 1/2 × 25 9/16 in. (95.3 × 65 cm)

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

Object number2007.18

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Latin American Art

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Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Waldemar Cordeiro, "Todos atentos," 1966 (record ID 1090623)

Ferreira Gullar, "Arte concreta no Brasil: etapas da pintura contemporânea XXXIX," 1960 (record ID 1090830)

Lourival Gomes Machado, [Letter] 1951 March 8, São Paulo [to] Yolanda Penteado, 1951 (record ID 1110824)

ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Cartaz da Primeira Bienal de São Paulo," #111, 1986, No. 39

"Bienal Brasil Século XX," São Paulo, April–May, 1994.

"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, October–December, 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, January–March, 1999.

"Heterotopías: medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, December, 2000–February, 2001.

"Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil," Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, February–June, 2003; MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, México, July–October, 2003.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed recto lower left: "IMP. UNIVERSO • S. PAULO"

Printed recto lower right edge in script: "Antonio Maluf"

Marked in ink in the image, below 'MODERNA': "Antonio Maluf"

Printed labels on verso - see photocopy for complete information:

1. "111 Antonio Maluf/ Cartaz da Primeira Bienal... / mam..."
2. "MORADA PAULISTA - Res. Funcional / FICHA DE RECEBIMENTO DE PECA No 39/ Descrição - Cartaz 1a Bienal ... / 13/10/86"
3. "BIENAL / BRASIL / SECULO / X ...."/ Descrição - Cartaz 1 Bienal ... / 13/10/86"
4. "ANTONIO MALUF / Cartaz la Bienal de São Paulo / ..."

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