Lygia Clark, Bicho - O antes é o depois
aluminum
installation dimensions variable
approximately 15 1/2 x 19 x 19 in. (39.4 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1963, this work is variant 1 of 5 variants plus 1 artist’s proof and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Authentication Committee from the Estate of Lygia Clark.
Provenance:
Gifted by the artist to the present owner circa 1963
Exhibited:
Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies; MAC, galeries contemporaines des Musées de Marseille; Porto, Fundação de Serralves; Brussels, Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lygia Clark, October 21, 1997 - September 27, 1998, p. 163 (illustrated)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988, May 10 - August 24, 2014, no. 254, p. 203 (another variant exhibited and illustrated)
Literature:
Lucia Leão, Interlab: Labirintos do Pensamento Contemporâneo, São Paulo, 2002, p. 183
Property from an Important Private Brazilian Collection
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aluminum
installation dimensions variable
approximately 15 1/2 x 19 x 19 in. (39.4 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1963, this work is variant 1 of 5 variants plus 1 artist’s proof and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Authentication Committee from the Estate of Lygia Clark.
Provenance:
Gifted by the artist to the present owner circa 1963
Exhibited:
Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies; MAC, galeries contemporaines des Musées de Marseille; Porto, Fundação de Serralves; Brussels, Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lygia Clark, October 21, 1997 - September 27, 1998, p. 163 (illustrated)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988, May 10 - August 24, 2014, no. 254, p. 203 (another variant exhibited and illustrated)
Literature:
Lucia Leão, Interlab: Labirintos do Pensamento Contemporâneo, São Paulo, 2002, p. 183
Property from an Important Private Brazilian Collection