Norberto Nicola
Trama ativa

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Artist Norberto Nicola (Brazilian, 1931–2007)Brazilian, 1931–2007

CultureBrazilian

Titles

Trama ativa
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Date1955

Made inBrazil

MediumMixed media on wood

DimensionsPanel: 29 1/4 × 12 in. (74.3 × 30.5 cm)

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

Object number2005.1021

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Special Collections

Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Description

The Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art

Related ICAA documents:

Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Atelier Abstração," 1956 (record ID 1232253)

ProvenanceThe artist; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo, December 22, 1985; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryBienal Brasil Século XX. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera. 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

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Signed, recto, upper left: NICOLA - 55

Printed labels on verso:

29 Norberto Nicola / Trama Ativa, 1955 / Técnica Mista s/Madeira, 76 x 32 / 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

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