Luís Sacilotto
Concreção 5521

Concreção 5521

© Valter Sacilotto

Concreção 5521
Concreção 5521
ArtistBrazilian, 1924–2003
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Concreção 5521
  • Concretion 5521
Date1955
Made inBrazil
MediumEnamel on wood
Dimensions11 3/4 × 35 1/2 in. (29.8 × 90.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2005.1027
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
On view

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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art


Related ICAA documents:


Lothar Charroux et al., “Ruptura,” 1952 (record ID 771349)

Waldemar Cordeiro, "Teoria e prática do concretismo carioca," 1957 (record ID 1087287)

Ferreira Gullar, "Arte concreta no Brasil: etapas da pintura contemporânea XXXIX," 1960 (record ID 1090830)

Ferreira Gullar, "I - O Grupo de São Paulo: I Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta," 1957 (record ID 1087166)


Enock Sacramento, “Luiz Sacilotto, nosso artista em Zurich,” 1968 (record ID 1233137)

"Exposcoçã nacional de arte concreta: artes visuais poesia," 1965 (record ID 1232176)


ProvenanceThe artist; Valter Sacilotto, Santo André, Brazil; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, May 6, 1985; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"3a Bienal de São Paulo," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, June–October, 1955.

"Exposição Projeto Arte Brasileira," Fundação Nacional de Arte, Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Rio de Janiero, 1956–1957.

"Arte construtiva Brasileira," October 1–December 20, 1977.

"Retrospectiva: 19 Pintores – Sacilotto," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 1978.

"Sacilotto: expressões & concreções," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, September–October, 1980.

"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, October–December, 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, January–March, 1999.

"Mostra do redescobrimento: arte moderna - Brasil 500 anos artes visuais," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, April–September, 2000.

"Século 20: arte do Brasil," Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, October, 2000–January, 2001.

"Brazil: Body & Soul," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October, 2001–January, 2002.

"Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil," Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, México, July–October, 2003; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, México City, February–June, 2003.

"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920-1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 12, 2004.

"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No inscriptions
Marked in ink (probably), recto lower left: Sacilotto / 955
Printed back label (5) and printed tags (2):

MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO man / Retrospectiva: ?9 PINTORES - SACILOTTO EM 1978 / ... / Obra: CONCREÇÃO 5521. Esmalte s / madeira, ...

FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE ARTE / Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas / Exposição / Projecto Arte Brasileiro / Local / Itiriecerto ... / MINISTÉRIO DA CULTURA

III. BIENAL DO MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO / junho - outubro 1955 / ... / (ink worn - illegible text)

Adolpho Leirner / Cód. BC 586 / Cód. Gugg. 5585/PI/MO / No caixa 14

46 Luís Sacilotto / .... / mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo / exposição: Arte Construtiva Brasileira: Coleçao Adolpho Leirner / de 1 de Outubro a 20 de Dezembro de 1998

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