Samson Flexor
Geométrico II

Geométrico II

© André Victor Flexor

Geométrico II
Geométrico II
ArtistBrazilian, born Romania, 1907–1971
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Geométrico II
  • Geometric II
Date1952
Made inBrazil
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 5/8 × 32 in. (59.9 × 81.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.1003
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
On view

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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; Emílio Malet Nette, São Paulo; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1985; sold to MFAH, 2005.

Exhibition HistoryMAM 40 anos. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. April-May 1990.

Arte 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.

Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s - 50s. The Newark Museum. Newark, New Jersey. February-August 2010.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No inscriptions
Signed recto lower right: FLEXOR / 1952
No marks

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