Artist
Samson FlexorBrazilian, born Romania, 1907–1971
CultureBrazilian
Titles
- Puro e diagonal
- Pure and Diagonal
Date1957
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 24 in. (61 × 61 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.1006
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; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryProjeto arte brasileira: abstração geométrica 2. Funarte. São Paulo, Brazil. June-July 1988.
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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed recto upper right: "FLEXOR / 1957"
Printed labels on verso stretchers (see Accession file for photocopies):
"24 Samson Flexor / Puro e Diagonal, 1957 / Óleo s/Tela 60 x 60 cm"
"FLEXOR Samson / Titulo: "Puro e Diagonal" / ... / Pre?o: Cr? 30.000,00 (mi??o) / Rus. Grespar ... ? Säo Paulo ... "
"... (torn left side) NACIONAL DE ARTE / ... Nacional de Artes Plasticas / ... ÇÃO GEOMÉTRUCA / ... / LEIRNER / ... "
"24 Samson Flexor / Puro e Diagonal, 1957 / Óleo s/Tela 60 x 60 cm"
"FLEXOR Samson / Titulo: "Puro e Diagonal" / ... / Pre?o: Cr? 30.000,00 (mi??o) / Rus. Grespar ... ? Säo Paulo ... "
"... (torn left side) NACIONAL DE ARTE / ... Nacional de Artes Plasticas / ... ÇÃO GEOMÉTRUCA / ... / LEIRNER / ... "
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