Samson Flexor
Geométrico I

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Artist Samson Flexor (Brazilian, born Romania, 1907–1971)Brazilian, born Romania, 1907–1971

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Geométrico I
Geometric I

Date1952

Made inBrazil

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions13 1/8 × 18 1/4 in. (33.3 × 46.4 cm)

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

Object number2005.1002

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Description

The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

León Degand, "Do Figurativismo ao abstracionismo," 1949 (record ID 1085735)

Samson Flexor, “Atelier Abstração,” 1956 (record ID 1232253)

Samson Flexor, "Pintores do Atelier Abstração: exposição 16 junho," 1956 (record ID 1085247)

Mário Schenberg, "A representação brasileira na IX Bienal de São Paulo," 1967, (record ID 1111146)

ProvenanceThe artist; [Galeria São Paulo, São Paulo]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1984; sold to MFAH, 2005.

Exhibition HistoryArte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. October-December 1998.

Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. January-March 1999.

Samson Flexor: modulações. Galeria do SESI. São Paulo, Brazil. August-November 2003.

Samson Flexor: modulações. Instituto Moreira Salles. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May-June 2003.

Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. May-September 2007.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

No inscriptions

Signed recto lower right: FLEXOR / 1952

Printed labels on verso stretchers:

21 Samson flexor / Geométrico I, 1952 / Óleo s/ Tela ...

São Paulo / GALERIA SÃO PAULO•SP• ... / AUTOR SAMSON FLEXOR / TITULO "GEOMÉTRICO" / TECNICA ... / DIM. ... ANO 1952

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