Artist
Luís SacilottoBrazilian, 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 Fund
Object number2007.24
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtSpecial Collections
Object Type
sculptural works consist of dividing one form into various three-dimensional planes.
Concreção 6045 is composed of three squares
placed perpendicular to the wall and split into alternating strips unfolded down
the center. As the viewer walks around the piece, each original square appears
as three triangles. Using simple principles of alternation and equivalence of
lines, the work relies on viewer perception to unite the cut-out triangles into
a new square, perpendicular to the first.
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"
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..."
1. "TRADOÇÃO / RUPTURA..."
2. "49 / Luís Sacilotto..."
3. "L. Sacilotto / Concreção 6045, déc. 50 / ..."
4. "Adol...[not visible] Rua Ba..."
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