Samson Flexor
Abstrato geométrico no. 2.2

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

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Abstrato geométrico no. 2.2
Abstract and Geometric no. 2.2

Date1954

MediumScreenprint

DimensionsImage: 10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 25 × 18 1/8 in. (63.5 × 46 cm)

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

Object number2005.1004

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

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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; Adolfo Leirner, São Paulo; 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.

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

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed label on verson - on string - see accession folder photocopy:

"n entrou na expo....."

Marked on recto lower right: "FLEXOR / 1954 / No 2.2"

3 printed labels on verson - see accession folder photocopy:
1. "Galeria Etra(reverse letters) Global......"
2. "Samson Flexor / 108 / ........"
3. "23 / Samson Flexor ..../ MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna..."

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