Maurício Nogueira Lima
Objeto rítmico no. 2 (segunda versão)

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Artist Maurício Nogueira LimaBrazilian, 1930–1999

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Objeto rítmico no. 2 (segunda versão)
Rhythmic Object no. 2 (second version)

Date1970s, first version 1952

Made inBrazil

MediumPlastered paint on hardboard

Dimensions15 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (40 × 40 cm)

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

Object number2005.471

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

En esta obra, Maurício Nogueira Lima alterna bandas amarillas
y negras en intervalos variables que generan la apariencia de una espiral
virtual. El desplazamiento rítmico de línea y color produce una ilusión óptica
de movimiento sobre la superficie bidimensional y, simultáneamente, lleva la
forma hacia el espacio del observador. De ese modo, el artista postula la obra
como objeto físico capaz de comunicar principios universals ópticos o ideas
perceptibles para todos.

ProvenanceThe artist, São Paulo; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, December 1984; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryII Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna, Parque Trianon, São Paulo, Brazil, December 1952.

"Exposição Retrospectiva de arte concreta de São Paulo (1951-1959)," Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, July 1960.

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

"As bienais e a abstração: a década de 50," Museu Lasar Segall, São Paulo, Brazil, April–June 1978.

"Visão construtivista de Maurício Nogueira Lima," Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil, August–November 1984.

"Bienal Brasil Século XX," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Brazil, April–May 1994.

"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil, October–December 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, January–March 1999.

"FRICCIONES," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, December 2000–March 2001.

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

"Beyond Geometry: experiments in form, 1940-70s," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June–October 2004.

"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, May–September 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 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, November 12, 2009–February 21, 2010.

"Luminous! Dynamic! Space and Vision in art from today back to 1913," Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, April–July 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Paper label marked in ink on verso:

TITULO: OBJETO RITMICO N° 2 /MAURICIO NOGUEIRA LIMA / S. PAULO 1953 / TINTA EM MASSA S/DURATEX / 0.40 x 0.40 / RESTAURADO EM 1977 / [signature] 53

Marked on verso upper center: Mauricio N. Lima 1953

Printed paper labels on verso:
EDICT (see photocopy for address, etc.) / Expediente: Exp. "Fricciones: Versiones del sur" / Propietario: Adolpho Leirner/ Autor: Maurico Nogueira Lima / Titulo: Objeto rítmico número 2, 1953 / N° Orden: 17 / N° Caja: 82

40 / Mauricio Nogueira Lima / Objeto rítmico N°2 / (Segunda versão) (Primeira versão 1952) / Massa s/Duratex, 40 x 40cm

Titulo: Rhythmic Object --- 02 (2nd version) / Artista: Mauricio Nogueira Lima / Técnica: ink and "messa" on duratex / Ano: 1952-70/Dims: 40x40cm

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