Hélio Oiticica Metaesquema 1958

  • MoMA, Floor 4, 421 The David Geffen Galleries
Additional text
Medium
Gouache on board
Dimensions
19 7/8 x 26 3/4" (50.5 x 68 cm)
Credit
Purchased with funds given by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Paulo Herkenhoff
Object number
176.1997
Copyright
© 2024 Projeto Hélio Oiticica
Department
Drawings and Prints

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Provenance

The artist.
? - 1997, Projeto Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro.
1997, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from Projeto Hélio Oiticica.

Exhibition history

MoMA Exh. #1774: "A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawing", June 5 - September 9, 1997

El Museo del Barrio, New York, "MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art", March 4 - July 25, 2004

MoMA Exh. #1938: "Drawing from the Modern, 1945 - 1975", Third Floor, March 25 - August 29, 2005

MoMA Exh. #2022: "New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions," November 21, 2007-February 25, 2008

MoMA Exh. #2041: "Geo/Metric: Prints and Drawings from the Collection," Second floor special exhibition galleries, June 11 - August 18, 2008.

MoMA Exh. MOMAATNGV: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, "MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art from The Museum of Modern Art, New York," June 9, 2018 - October 7, 2018

MoMA Exh. #2424, "Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction―The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift", 3rd Floor, East Gallery, [The Robert B. Menschel Galleries], October 21, 2019 - October 2, 2020

MoMA Exh. #14790: "4th Fl: 421, Visible Ideas", Gallery 421, November 1, 2024 -

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