Franz Weissmann
Ponte

Ponte

© Waltraud Weissmann

Ponte
Ponte
ArtistAustrian, 1914–2006
CultureAustrian
Titles
  • Ponte
  • Bridge
Date1958
MediumPainted iron
Dimensions18 5/8 × 18 5/8 × 26 5/8 in. (47.3 × 47.3 × 67.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2005.1040
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
On view

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Description

In Concreção 5730,
Sacilotto folds two portions of the aluminum square, creating a self-supporting
structure and replacing the plane’s virtual movement with real movement.
Created from a solid square, Concreção
5942
uses symmetry and inversion to create four large squares seemingly
inscribed with smaller squares. Similarly, Weissmann’s Ponte is composed of horizontal and vertical arrangements of
squares with half-circles drilled through them, resulting in a light structure
that offers multiple perspectives.




ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryVII Salão Nacional de Arte Moderna. MEC. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1958.

Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1959.

Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. 1959.

I Exposição de Arte Neoconcreta. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1959.

I Exposição de Arte Neoconcreta. Salvador, Brasil. 1959.

Franz Weissmann. Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May 1981.

Ciclo de Exhibitions sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro: Neoconcretismo 1959-1961. Galeria de Arte BANERJ. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. September 1984.

Ciclo de Exhibitions sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro. Museu Guido Viaro. Curitiba, Brazil. July 1985.

Ciclo de Exhibitions sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro. Museu de Arte da Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. April-May 1985.

Ciclo de Exhibitions sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro. Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Brazil. August 1985.

Ciclo de Exhibitions sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro. Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil. May-June 1985.

Experiência neoconcreta. Museu Metropolitano de Arte de Curitiba. Curitiba, Brazil. July 1991.

Experiência neoconcreta. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May-June 1991.

Bienal Brasil Século XX. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera. São Paulo, Brazil. April-May 1994.

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.

Heterotopías: medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918-1968. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, Spain. December 2000-February 2001.

Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil. MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Monterrey, México. July-October 2003.

Cuasi-corpus: arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil. Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Mexico City, México. February-June 2003.

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

North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, June 7 - September 27, 2009.

Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 16 September, 2012 - 6 January, 2013

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