Raul Porto
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Artist Raul Porto (Brazilian, 1936–1999)Brazilian, 1936–1999

CultureBrazilian

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Untitled

Date1960

Made inBrazil

MediumIndia ink on paper

DimensionsSheet: 19 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (50.2 × 50 cm)

Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2005.1019

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Description

The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Décio Pignatari, “Pignatari: Vanguarda e Raul Porto,” 1960 (record ID 1233071)

Prêmio Leirner de Arte Contemporânea, exh. cat., 1960 (record ID 1232976)

ProvenanceThe artist, São Paulo; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, March 22, 1998; sold to MFAH, MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryPrêmio Leirner de Arte Contemporânea. Galeria de Arte das Folhas. São Paulo, Brazil. November 1961.

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.

Arte de vanguarda - da província a Santo André. Centro Cívico de Santo André. Santo André, Brazil. August 2000.

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 lower right; XEFENHO 1960 [signature]

Marked twice on verso lower right in ink and in pencil: Raul Porto

Printed label on verso: 54 / Raul...

Printed label tied w/string on back:
54 / Raul...MAM-Museu de Arte Moderna...

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