Lygia Clark Poetic Shelter 1964
- MoMA, Floor 5, 507 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries
- Medium
- Painted metal
- Dimensions
- 5 1/2 x 24 x 20 1/8" (14 x 63 x 51 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Milan Hughston
- Object number
- 313.2004
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Lygia Clark has 19 works online.
- There are 1,661 sculptures online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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Live/Work: Performance into Drawing
Jan 31–May 21, 2007
6 other works identified
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New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930–2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions
Nov 21, 2007–Feb 25, 2008
1 other work identified
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New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930–2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions
Nov 21, 2007–Feb 25, 2008
5 other works identified
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Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art,
1948–1988 May 10–Aug 24, 2014
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Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980
Sep 5, 2015–Jan 3, 2016
10 other works identified
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Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980
Sep 5, 2015–Jan 3, 2016
7 other works identified
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Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980
Sep 5, 2015–Jan 3, 2016
8 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
5 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
5 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
5 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
5 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
2 other works identified
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413: Touching the Void
Nov 14, 2020–Jul 30, 2024
3 other works identified
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The artist.
[Alvaro Clark, inherited from the artist]
? - 1997, Galeria César Aché, Río de Janeiro (archival code #582).
1997 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Galeria César Aché.
2004, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros .
MoMA Exh. #1993: "Live/Work: Performance into Drawing", 3rd Floor, The Paul J. Sachs Drawing Galleries, January 31 - May 21, 2007
MoMA Exh. #2022: "New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions", 3rd Floor, November 21, 2007 - February 25, 2008
Albany, New York State Museum, "Latin American and Caribbean Art: Selected Highlights from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art", May 17 - October 13, 2008
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, "La invención concreta. Collección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", January 22 - September 16, 2013
MoMA Exh. #2286: “Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988”, 6th Floor, The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Gallery, May 10 – August 24, 2014
MoMA Exh. #2335: "Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980", 6th Floor, The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Gallery, September 5, 2015 - January 3, 2016
MoMA Exh. #2424: "Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift", 3rd Floor, 3 East, October 21, 2019 - September 12, 2020
MoMA Exh. #2451: “Collection: 1940s-1970s”, 4th Floor, gallery 413, “Touching the Void”, November 14, 2020 - removed February 11, 2022
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