Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil
The Adolpho Leirner Collection
Yale University Press
Published on 1. February 2008
Book
Hardback
180 pages
978-0-300-13890-0 (ISBN)
Description
This beautifully illustrated book salutes the recent acquisition by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, of the Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, one of the most important and complete collections in the world devoted to modern Latin American art in the 1950s and 1960s. Including works by Cicero Dias, Samson Flexor, Lygia Clark, and members of the Grupo Ruptura of Sao Paulo and the Grupo Frente of Rio de Janeiro, Leirner's renowned collection resonates with the legacy of the international Constructive Art movement and celebrates its artists as important visual architects of Brazilian Modernism.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
83 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 298 mm
Width: 267 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-300-13890-0 (9780300138900)
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Persons
Mari Carmen Ramirez is the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Adolpho Leirner is a private art collector. Peter C. Marzio is director of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.