Lygia Clark
Ovo

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Artist Lygia Clark(Brazilian, 1920–1988)Brazilian, 1920–1988

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Date1959

Made inBrazil

MediumIndustrial paint on wood

Dimensions13 in. (33 cm) diam.

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

Object number2007.13

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

DescriptionObra
donde la línea activa dimensiones espaciales desde el plano. Una línea incisa blanca
delinea el círculo negro de madera pero es interrumpida a la derecha,
sugiriendo el flujo de la pieza hacia el espacio real. Por momentos, la línea
casi desaparece en la pared, produciendo la apariencia de una forma negra
penetrando y retrocediendo en el espacio. La eterna tensión entre lo plano y lo
profundo, combinada con la organicidad del título, impregna de vitalidad el
trabajo
ProvenanceThe artist; Ralph Camargo, São Paulo; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1972; sold to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Lygia Clark," Signals, London, April–May, 1965.

"34a Biennale Internazionale d’Arte," Venice, July–October, 1968.

"Lygia Clark: superfícies moduladas/bichos/manifestações," Galeria Ralph Camargo, São Paulo, November–December, 1971.

"Lygia Clark," Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, March–April, 1982.

"Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820-1980," Hayward Gallery, London, May–August, 1989; "Latinamerikansk konst: Jord och Frihet 1830-1970," Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, September–November, 1989; "Arte en Iberoamérica 1820-1980," Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid, December, 1989–March, 1990; "Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX," Estación Plaza de Armas, Seville, August–October, 1992; "Art d’Amérique latine 1911-1968," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, November 1992–January, 1993; "Lateinamerikanische Kunst," Museum Ludwig, Cologne, February–April, 1993; "Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century," Museum of Modern Art, New York, June–September, 1993.

"Lygia Clark," Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, October–December, 1997.

"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.

"Lygia Clark," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, June–August, 1999.

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

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

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

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

"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.

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

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.

"Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988," Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10–August 24, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Various tags and labels on verso:

White typed label:
REFERENCIA : -10881 [?] / TITULO : OVO LINEAR / COLECIONADOR: ADOLFO LEIRNER / TECNICA : PINTURA INDUSTRIAL S/MADEIRA / ANO/DIMS. : 1958/ /33 CM DE DIAMETRO;

White typed label: "64 Lygia Clark / Ovo, (trabalho original), 1959 / Tinta Industrial s/ Madeira, / diâmetro 33cm

Yellow printed label with typed specific information:
Exhibition: Latin American Artists of / the Twentieth Century / Artist: LYGIA CLARK / Title/Date: OVO. 1959 / Medium: Painted wood ... Box No.: BR42

Printed label with typed specific information:
Centre Georges Pompidou / EXPO : ART D'AMERIQUE LATINE 1911-1968 107[?] / AUTEUR : LYGIA CLARK / TITRE : OVO, 1959

Blue and white printed label with typed specific information:
INTERNATIONAL ART TRANSPORT / 60, RUE SAINT-SABIN - PARIS-XIe[?] / ROQuette : 69.92 / Artiste L. CLARK N Réf. I0550 BRESIL / Titre / Prêteur Mme L. CLARK PARIS

Printed label with typed specific information: LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA / XXXIV ESPOSIZIONE BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE 1968 / Name and surname [all headings in Italian and French also] CLARK LYGIA / Title of the work Ovo / Sale price 2.177.500 / Owner Coleção do artiste / Address Av. Prado Junifor [?], 16 apto 801 - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - [instructions about placement of label]

Label:
cy / [purple image with 'MERCI' at top and 'VISITANTE' at bottom] / 1982

Orange printed label with typed specific information:
RALPH / CAMARGO / AUTOR LYGIA CLARK / TITULO "OVO" / TECNICA MADEIRA PINTADA / DATA 1959 ...

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