- Metaesquema 12
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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art
Related ICAA documents:
Guy Brett, "Helio Oiticica Retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery," 1969 (record ID 1110627)
Guy Brett, "Un salto radical," 1990 (record ID 808389)
Antônio Dias, "Declaraçã de princípios básicos de vanguarda," 1978 (record ID 1110371)
Celso Fernando Favaretto, "A organização do delírop," 1992 (record ID 1111408)
Ferreira Gullar, "Cor e estrutura-cor," 1960 (record ID 1091219)
Ferreira Gullar, "I Exposoção Nacional de Arte Concreta: 2," 1957 (record ID 1090217)
Hélio Oiticica, "Aparacumento do suprasensorial na arte brasileira," 1968 (record ID 1110620)
Hélio Oiticica, "Apocalipopótese," 1969 (record ID 1110682)
ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Tradição e Ruptura: Síntese de Arte e Cultura Brasileiras," 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.
"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.
"Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December, 2006–April, 2007.
"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.
"Hélio Oiticica," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, September, 2016–January 2017; Art Institute of Chicago, February–May, 2017; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July–October, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed: "70 Hélio Oiticica / Metaesquema 12, 1957 / Guache s/ Papel, 44 x 55 cm"
String tag with printed text: "70 Hélio Oiticica / Metaesquema 12, 1957 / Guache s/ Papel, 44 x 55 cm / mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo / exposição: Arte Construtiva Brasileira: Coleção Adolpho Leirner / de 1 de Outubro a 20 de Dezembro de 1998"
Previous MFAH label with exhibition number EX.2006.HO.297 crossed out in ink, "2007.19" marked in ink below previous number
Orange printed label with typed specific information: "RALPH CAMARGO / AUTOR HÉLIO OITICICA / TÍTULO "Metaesquema 12" / TÉCNICA Gouache s/ papel / DATA 1957/58 / DIMENSÕES 0,44 x 0,55 cm / DBS. / ALAMEDA MINISTRO ROCHA AZEVEDO 1335 / 282 7701 SÃO PAULO 5 SP BRASIL" with "RALPH CAMARGO" stamped in black ink at LR of label
Printed label with typed specific information and "120" and "0604 / A" marked in ink at UL and UR, respectively: "TRADIÇÃO E / RUPTURA / ETIQUETA DE IDENTIFICAÇÃO / Novembro 84 / Janeiro 85 / NOME DO ARTISTA: Hélio Oiticica / TÍTULO E DATA: Metaesquemas, 1957/58 / TÉCNICA E MEDIDAS: Guache s/ papel, 0,44 cmx / 0,55cm / PROPRIETÁRIO: Adolpho Leirner / ENDEREÇO: Rua Bahia, 204 - SP"
Label: "EM BUSCA DO AVESSO 1958 I. SEM [?] "
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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