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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art
Related ICAA documents:
Brett Guy, "Ativamente o vazio," 1996 (record ID 1111214)
Brett Guy, "Schendel," 1996 (record ID 1111213)
Paulo Herkenhoff, "Autonomous doodles, verbal scrawls and erasures on drawing in South America," 1997 (record ID 1111410)
Jayme Mauricio, "II Brasile: Alla XXXIV Biennale Di Venezia, exh. cat.," 1968 (record ID 1232444)
Rodrigo Naves, "Da dificuldade de forma à forma difÍcil," 1996 (record ID 1110448)
Alma Ruiz, "Open up : an introduction," 1999 (record ID 1160023)
Mário Schenburg, "A represtação brasileira na IX Bienal de São Paulo," 1967 (record ID 1111146)
Luis Pérez Oramas,"Abstraction, organism, apparatus : notes of the penetrable structure in the work of Lygia Clark, Gego, and Mira Schendel," 2010 (record ID 1159688)
Virgina Pérez-Ratton, "La memoria visual de una colección," 2005 (record ID 1159800)
ProvenanceThe artist, São Paulo; Mário Schenberg (1914 - 1990) and Lourdes Cedran; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, May 1985; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Projeto arte brasileira: abstração geométrica 2," Funarte, São Paulo, Brazil, June–July 1988.
"Mira Schendel," Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, November 1990–February 1991.
"Bienal Brasil Século XX," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Brazil, April–May 1994.
"Mira Schendel: no vazio do mundo," Galeria de Arte do SESI, São Paulo, Brazil, September 1996–January 1997.
"Mira Schendel: a forma volátil," Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, June–July 1997.
"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.
"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, Houston, May–September 2007.
"Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, April 5–June 15, 2009.
"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
"Mira Schendel," Tate Modern, London,September 26, 2013–January 19. 2014; Fundação de Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal, February 28–July 24, 2014; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, August 7–November 16, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
1. Bienal Brasil Seculo.......
2. Fulvia E. Adolpho Leirner....
3. Fundação Nacional de Arte...
4. 101 Mira Schendel....
5. Titulo: Sem titulo.........
6. Sem Titulo, 19.......
Stamped on verso stretcher twice: 222
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