Lygia Clark
Escadas, 1951
Charcoal on paper
26.5 x 37 cm, 10 3/8 x 14 5/8 in
78.7 x 68.7 x 3.8cm, 24 x 31 x 1.5 in, framed
78.7 x 68.7 x 3.8cm, 24 x 31 x 1.5 in, framed
© Associação Cultural O Mundo de Lygia Clark
Translates as 'Stairs' From Lygiaclark.org: 'Lygia Clark (Belo Horizonte, 1920 - Rio de Janeiro, 1988) began her art studies in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, under the guidance of Roberto...
Translates as "Stairs"
From Lygiaclark.org:
"Lygia Clark (Belo Horizonte, 1920 - Rio de Janeiro, 1988) began her art studies in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, under the guidance of Roberto Burle Marx and Zélia Salgado. In 1950, Clark travels to Paris, where she studied with Arpad Szènes, Dobrinsky and Fernand Léger. During this period, the artist is devoted to studies , oils and drawings of STAIRS and her children as subjects. "
From Lygiaclark.org:
"Lygia Clark (Belo Horizonte, 1920 - Rio de Janeiro, 1988) began her art studies in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, under the guidance of Roberto Burle Marx and Zélia Salgado. In 1950, Clark travels to Paris, where she studied with Arpad Szènes, Dobrinsky and Fernand Léger. During this period, the artist is devoted to studies , oils and drawings of STAIRS and her children as subjects. "
Provenance
The ArtistEstate of Lygia Clark
Exhibitions
Lygia Clark: The I and the You, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 2 October 2024 - 12 January 2025Lygia Clark. Painting as an Experimental Field, 1948 - 1958, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, 6 March - 24 May 2020
Literature
Rita Kersting, The Shadow of Color. Exhibition Catalogue. The Israel Museum: Tel Aviv, 2016, 77.
Cornelia Butler and Luis Perez-Oramas, Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2014, 37.
Manuel J. Borja-Villel, Lygia Clark, Barcelona: Fundació Antoni Tàpies, 1998, 36.