The artist
Galería Luisa Strina, São Paulo
1998, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas
2017, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

Waltercio Caldas Painted Iron 1978
- Medium
- Painted iron
- Dimensions
- 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 9/16" (120 x 120 x 1.5 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro
- Object number
- 554.2017
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
Research in progress; information about this work may be incomplete.
- Waltercio Caldas has 9 works online.
- There are 1,673 sculptures online.
São Paulo, Paço das Artes, "Nacional x Internacional na arte Brasileira", 1991
São Paulo, Bienal Brasil Século XX, 1994
Valencia, IVAM Centre del Carme, 1995
Porto, Fundación Serralves, 1996
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, 1997
São Paulo, Museo de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, “Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século xx em contexto. Collección Cisneros”, March 21 - June 16, 2002 and tour:
Rio de Janeiro, Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, July 11 - September 22, 2002
Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, “Geometrías; Arte latinoamericano desde la Colección Cisneros”, March 14 - May 19, 2003
Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, "The Nearest Air: A Survey of Works by Waltercio Caldas", October 27 - January 12, 2014
New York, Hunter College Art Galleries, 205 Hudson Gallery, "Copy, Translate, Repeat: Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", February 8 - April 1, 2018
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