Artist
Décio Vieira(Brazilian, 1922–1988)Brazilian, 1922–1988
CultureBrazilian
Titles
- Sem título
- Untitled
Date1958
MediumPastel on paper
DimensionsSheet: 38 3/4 × 27 1/2 in. (98.4 × 69.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2005.1034
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:
"Depoimentos: Décio Vieira," 1985 (record ID 1307712)
Ferreira Gullar, "I Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta: 1 - O grupo do Rio," 1957 (record ID 1090217)
ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryNos 30 anos do neoconcretismo. Cleide Wanderley Gabinete de Arte. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May-June 1989.
Desexp(l)os(ign)ição. Casa das Rosas. São Paulo, Brazil. December 1996-February 1997.
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
Signed recto, lower right below the image: "decio vieira / 58"
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