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Lygia Clark
Brazilian, 1920–1988 19 works onlineThe notion that the work of art was more like a body than a discrete object was a radical idea that led many Brazilian artists to embrace the viewer’s subjective experience as the main criterion in art making.
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Provenance
The artist.
[Coleção Hélio Oiticica, Brazil, probably acquired from the artist]
? - 1998, Galeria César Aché, Río de Janeiro.
1998 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Galeria César Aché.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum,"Geometric Abstraction, Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection / Abstracción Geométrica Arte Latinoamericano en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", March 3 - November 4, 2001
São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século XX em contexto. Colección Cisneros ", March 21 - June 16, 2002 and tour:
Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, July 11 - September 22, 2002
MoMA Exh. #2286: "Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988", May 10 - August 24, 2014
Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, “Lygia Clark: Painting as an Experimental Field, 1948-1958”, March 6 - October 25, 2020 (closed to the public from March 14 - June 1, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
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