Hermelindo Fiaminghi
Virtual XIV

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Artist Hermelindo Fiaminghi (Brazilian, 1920–2004)Brazilian, 1920–2004

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Virtual XIV
Virtual no. 14

Date1958

Made inBrazil

MediumEnamel on hardboard

Dimensions23 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (60 × 60 cm)

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

Object number2005.1000

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

Virtual XIV explores
the relationship between color and two-dimensional planes. Two inverted symmetrical
forms—a square and triangle—define the canvas’s flat surface and project the
illusion of cubic space. The staggered placement of the red and gray forms
creates orthogonal lines, allowing the flat planes to morph optically into a
cube. As our eyes consolidate these elements into one object, the cube becomes
legible from the outside and inside, shifting from full to empty.

ProvenanceThe artist; Luiz Fernando Kehl; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1998; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Fiaminghi: décadas 506070," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, September–October, 1980.

"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.

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

"Século 20: arte do Brasil," Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, October, 2000–January, 2001.

"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May–September, 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.

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

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in ink on paper label on verso lower right: COLEÇÃO / ADOLFO LEIRNER

Signed in black on verso panel, lower right: HFiaminghi

Signed in black on recto lower left: H Fiaminghi 1958

Printed label and tags on verso panel:

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51 Hermelindo Fiaminghi / Virtual XII, 1958 / Esmalte s/Eucatex, ... / 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

51 Hermelindo Fiaminghi / Virtual XII, 1958 / Esmalte s/Eucatex, 60 x 60 cm

51 MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO mam / Retrospectiva: FIAMINGHI - ...?CADAS 506070 set.out.88 / Colecionador: Luiz Fernando Kehl / ...", ... / 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

MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO mam / Retrospectiva: FIAMINGHI - ...CADAS 506070 set.out.80 / Colecionador: Adolfo (sic) Leirner / ... / Obra; VIRTUAL XIV / 1958 ...

hermelindo fiaminghi / cubos virtuais / 60 x 60 / 1958

museu de arte moderna / do rio de janeiro / av.beira mar - c. pastal, 44 / autor
HERMELINDO FIAMINGHI / titulo de obra Cubos Virtuais - 1958 / ... / propriatoria
autor / ...?H. Leandro de Carvelha, 144 - S. ...? Arte Contemporanea no Brasil ...

RALPH / CAMARGO (inverted) / AUTOR Hermelindo Fiaminghi / TITULO "Cubos Virtuasis" / ... / ....? "Exposto no Museu do / Arts Moderna do rio do Janeiro

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