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)
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 ArtSpecial Collections
Object Type
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....."
"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..."
1. "Galeria Etra(reverse letters) Global......"
2. "Samson Flexor / 108 / ........"
3. "23 / Samson Flexor ..../ MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna..."
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