Artist
Amílcar de Castro(Brazilian, 1920–2002)Brazilian, 1920–2002
CultureBrazilian
Titles
- Sem título
- Untitled
Date1950s
Made inBrazil
MediumSteel
Dimensions19 3/4 × 28 × 31 in. (50.2 × 71.1 × 78.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.986
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtSpecial Collections
Object Type
The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art
Related ICAA documents:
Ronaldo Brito, "O trabalho de Amilcar de Castro reúne" (record ID 1111306)
Ferreira Gullar, "Esxulturas de Amilcar de Castro" (record ID 1091573)
Frederico Morais, "Escultura, objeto e participação," 1967 (record ID 1111085)
Hélio Oiticica, "Publicado posteriormente," 1965 (record ID 1091536)
ProvenanceThe artist; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryAmilcar de Castro.Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud. São Paulo, Brazil. October-November 1982.
Amilcar de Castro. Paço Imperial. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. June-July 1989.
Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. January-March 1999.
XVI Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas: Sala Especial Aluísio Carvão. Palácio Gustavo Capanema. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March-April 1998.
Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil. MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Monterrey, México. July-October 2003.
Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil. Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico City, México. February-June 2003.
Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil. The Adolpho Leirner Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. May-September 2007.
"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No inscriptions
Welded in the metal at back lower edge: Amílcar de Castro
No marks
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