Maria Leontina
Os episódios II

Os episódios II

© Alexandre Dacosta

Os episódios II
Os episódios II
ArtistBrazilian, 1917–1984
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Os episódios II
  • The Episodes II
Date1959
Made inBrazil
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 23 1/2 × 36 1/8 in. (59.7 × 91.8 cm)
Frame: 24 1/8 × 36 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (61.3 × 93.3 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.1011
Not on view

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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

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


ProvenanceThe artist; Adolpho Leirner São Paulo, March 21, 1972; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryPrêmio Leirner de Arte Contemporânea. Galeria de Arte das Folhas. São Paulo, Brazil. November 1959.

Maria Leontina. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. 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
Marked, verso, lower right: Os episódios - II;
Marked in ink, verso, upper right: A-4801

Signed, recto, upper left: Marie Leontina 59
Signed, verso, canvas lower right: Maria Leontina / 59
Signed ,verso, frame, lower right: Maria Leontina

Printed labels on verso frame:
98 Maria Leontina / Os Episódios II, 1959 / Óleo s/Tela, 50 x 90 cm / 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;

98 Maria Leontina / Os Episódios II, 1959 / Óleo s/Tela, 59 x 90 cm;

mam / Os Episódios II, 1959 / óleo s/tela, 59 x 91 cm / col. Adolpho Leirner / expo. Maria Leontina 12/4 à 22/5/94 / MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SAO PAULO / ... / ... BRASIL

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