Leopoldo Raimo
Triangulação

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Artist Leopoldo Raimo (Brazilian, 1912–2001)Brazilian, 1912–2001

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Triangulação
Triangular Scheme

Date1956

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions19 5/8 × 33 in. (49.8 × 83.3 cm)

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

Object number2005.1025

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:

Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Atelier Abtração," 1956 (record ID 1232253)

ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryBienal Brasil Século XX. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera. São Paulo, Brazil. April-May 1994.

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.

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

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Painted in red on verso canvas: "M15"

Signed in blue paint on recto lower right: "RAIMO / 56"

Signed in ink on paper label on verso top stretcher, upsidedown: "Leopoldo Raimo"

See Accession file for photocopies of back labels:

"28 Leopoldo Raimo Triangulação, 1956 / ... / mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo / exposição: Arte Construtiva Brasileira: Coleção Adolpho Leirner / de 1 de Outubro a 20 de Dezembro de 1998"

""B I E N A L / B R A S I L / S È C U L O / X X / 24 DE ABRIL A 29 DE MAIO DE 1994 / Edemar Cid Ferreira / Presidente (logo) Nelson Aguilar / Curador / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo"

Partially torn and upsidedown: "TRIANGUL...AO / (signature)"

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