Wega Nery
Composição no. 4

Composição no. 4

© Wega Nery

Composição no. 4
Composição no. 4
ArtistBrazilian, 1912–2007
CultureBrazilian
Titles
  • Composição no. 4
  • Composition no. 4
Date1953
Made inBrazil
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 1/2 × 28 5/8 in. (59.7 × 72.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.1020
Not on view

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The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Atelier Abstração," 1965 (record ID 1232253)


ProvenanceThe artist; [...]; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, 1986; sold to MFAH, 2005.

Exhibition History"II Bienal do Museo de Arte Moderna de São Paulo," Museo de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 1953–1954.

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

"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, October–December, 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, January–March, 1999.

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

"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[No inscriptions]
Signed, recto lower left: Wega

Signed in ink, on verso printed exhibition labels: Wega Nery Gomes Pinto

Printed labels on verso:

27 / Wega Nery / Composição No 4, 1953 / Óleo s/Tela ... / 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

B I E N A L / B R A S I L / S È C U L O / X X / 24 DE ABRIL A 29 DE MAIO DE 1994 / Edemar Cid Ferreira / Presidente (logo) Nelson Aguilar / Curador / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

27 / Wega Nery / Composição No 4, 1953 / Óleo s/Tela ...

Pair of printed labels with ink inscriptions on verso - poor condition:

II. BIENAL DO MUSEUM DE ARTE MODERNA DE SAO PAULO / Sob a patricinio da Commisão do IV. .. Centenario da Cicade / 1953 - 1954 / Nome e sobranome Wega Nery Gomes Pinto / Titulo da obra composicao no 4 / ... / Proprietario Wega Nery Gomes Pinto / ...

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