Mira Schendel Untitled, from the series Refrigerators (Geladeiras) 1960

  • Not on view
Medium
Tempera on wood
Dimensions
17 1/4 × 12 1/8" (43.8 × 30.8 cm)
Credit
Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Object number
864.2016
Copyright
© 2024 Estate of Mira Schendel
Department
Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

The artist.
[Mário Schenberg (1914 - 1990), São Paulo, acquired from the artist]
1990? - 1996, Ana Clara Guerrini Schenberg, São Paulo, probably inherited from Mário Schenberg.
1996 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased from Ana Clara Guerrini Schenberg through Sylvio Nery da Fonseca, Escritório de Arte, São Paulo.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

Exhibition history

São Paulo, Galería de Arte Paulo Figueiredo, October - November 1991

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, Museo 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, Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, July 11 - September 22, 2002

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