Luís Sacilotto
Concreção 6045

Concreção 6045

© Valter Sacilotto

Concreção 6045
Concreção 6045
ArtistBrazilian, 1924–2003
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Concreção 6045
  • Concretion 6045
Date1960
PlaceBrazil, South America
MediumPainted iron
Dimensions12 1/4 × 35 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (31.1 × 90.2 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2007.24
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
On view

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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

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

Waldemar Cordeiro, "Teoria e prática do concretismo carioca," 1957 (record ID 1087287)

"Concretistias na Galeria das "folhas"," 1959 (record ID 1232732)

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

Ferreira Gullar, "I - O Grupo de São Paulo: I Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta," 1957 (record ID 1087166)

Ferreira Gullar, "I Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta: 2," 1957 (record ID 1090217)

Décio Pignatari, “Seja breve: Decio Pignatari escreve resenha-depoimento sobre o artista plastico Luiz Sacilotto,” 2001 (record ID 1233093)

Luís Sacilotto, Sacilotto, obras selecionadas: da 24 de maio (quarta-feira) a 24 de junho de 1995, exh. cat. 1995 (record ID 1233108)

Enock Sacramento, “Luiz Sacilotto, nosso artista em Zurich,” 1968 (record ID 1233137)

"Exposição nacional de arte concreta: artes visuais poesia," 1965 (record ID 1232176)



ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leiner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Prêmio Leirner de Arte Contemporânea," Galeria de Arte das Folhas, São Paulo, October, 1960.

"Sacilotto: expressões & concreções," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, September–October, 1980.

"Tradição e Ruptura," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, November, 1984–January, 1985.

"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.

"Mostra do redescobrimento: arte moderna - Brasil 500 anos artes visuais," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, April–September, 2000.

"Século 20: arte do Brasil," Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, October, 2000–January, 2001.

"Brazil: Body & Soul," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October, 2001–January, 2002.

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

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

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

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on verso frame: "CONCREÇÃO 6045"
Marked in ink on the base: "Sacilotto 960"

Marked on framework: "Concrecao 6045"
4 printed labels on verso- see accession folder for photocopies:

1. "TRADOÇÃO / RUPTURA..."
2. "49 / Luís Sacilotto..."
3. "L. Sacilotto / Concreção 6045, déc. 50 / ..."
4. "Adol...[not visible] Rua Ba..."

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