Ione Saldanha
Construção

Construção

© Ione Saldanha

Construção
Construção
ArtistBrazilian, 1919–2001
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Construção
  • Construction
Date1959
PlaceBrazil
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 5/8 × 35 1/8 in. (62.5 × 89.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.1028
Not on view

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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

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



ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho 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
Marked on verso back stretcher, upper left: Fev. 1959"

Marked on paper in ink on verso: "IOWN SALDANHA. / O.S.T. / 1959 / 0.62 X 0.90 / "Construcao". / "ESTUDIO GUANABARA" "
Painted lower right recto: "IONE SALDANHA"
3 printed labels on verso- see accession folder photocopy:
1. "91 / Ione Saldanha..."
2. "91 / Ione...MAM-Museu de Arte Moderna..."
3. "Oleo Sobre Tela..."


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