Hércules Barsotti
Branco/preto

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Artist Hércules BarsottiBrazilian, 1914–2010

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Branco/preto
White/Black

Date1959

Made inBrazil

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions39 1/8 × 19 5/8 in. (99.4 × 49.8 cm)

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

Object number2007.10

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 204

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Description

The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Willys de Castro, [As obras expostras representam], 1959 (record ID 1090866)

Willys de Castro, [As supressão da fase material dentro de artístico], 1960 (record ID 1090101)

ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"III Exposição de Arte Neoconcreta," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, April, 1961.

"Hércules Barsotti," Petite Galerie, Rio de Janeiro, March, 1962.

"Hércules Barsotti - Willys de Castro," Petite Galerie, São Paulo, November, 1962.

"Projeto construtivo brasileiro na arte (1950-1962)," Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, July–August, 1977; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, 1977.

"Ciclo de Exposiçoes sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro: Neoconcretismo 1959-1961," Galeria de Arte BANERJ, Rio de Janeiro, September, 1984; Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, April–May, 1985; Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, May–June, 1985; Museu Guido Viaro, Curitiba, Brazil, July, 1985.

"Bienal Brasil Século XX," Fundação Bienal de 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.

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

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

"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.

"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.

"Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 13, 2008–March 22, 2009.

"Arte latinamericano 1910–2010," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, September 21, 2011–March 5, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

3 Inscriptions on verso:
On canvas:
1. [signature] "branco/preto" dezembro 1960 2. 995 x 500

Marked on verso canvas-covered top stretcher: hercules barsotti "branco/preto" / dezembro-1960

Marked on verso lower center: hercules barsotti "branco/preto" / dezembro-1960

3 printed labels on verso- see accession folder photocopy:
1. Bienal Brasil Seculo...
2. 77 / Hercules Barsotti...
3. 77 / Hercules...MAM-Museu de Arte Moderna...

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