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Artists›Geraldo de Barros

Geraldo de Barros

Brazilian, 1923–1998

WA-00032421

São Paulo, Brazil

PhotographyPhotographyConstructivism

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ10289122

MoMA

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4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearWikidata P569· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata P570· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata P27· 92%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓

Source Registry (3)

Document-Galleryhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/geraldo-de-barros
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10289122
Tier 1 · Institutional95%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/28410
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Geraldo de Barros was a Brazilian photographer and graphic designer whose formal experiments in the 1950s anticipated modernist visual culture. Working in São Paulo during the postwar period, he treated the photograph as a malleable compositional field, developing a distinctive approach to photomontage and abstraction that drew from European constructivism and indigenous Brazilian design traditions. His practice bridged photography, graphic design, and printmaking, prioritizing abstraction and formal invention over documentary representation.

Source: Document Gallery · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (11)

Untitled (from Sobras Series)

1996 · Gelatin silver print

24.5 × 30.2 (image)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (from Sobras Series)

1996 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.5 × 30.2 cm (9 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Diagonal Function

1952 · Lacquer on wood

24 3/4 × 24 3/4 × 1/2" (62.9 × 62.9 × 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fotoforma

1952 · Gelatin silver print

11 13/16 × 15 1/8" (30 × 38.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Abstract) (Sem título (Abstrato))

1951 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 35 × 27.2 cm (13 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hommage à Simeao Leal from the series Fotoforma, Rio de Janeiro

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 30.3 × 32.5 cm (11 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fotoforma

1949 · Gelatin silver print

14 13/16 × 10 11/16" (37.7 × 27.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abstraction (Abstração)

1949 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/4 × 14 3/4" (27.3 × 37.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait (Autorretrato)

1949 · Gelatin silver print

15 7/16 × 11 1/2" (39.2 × 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, Tatuapé, Sao Paulo

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 30 × 40 cm (11 13/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1948 · Gelatin silver print

9 × 14 15/16" (22.8 × 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

11 published of 17 catalogued · 17 with image

MoMA
6 publishedof 12 catalogued12 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Photography Constructivism

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Artsy

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In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artsy

1 lot · 2026

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Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	May 2026	$3,000 – $4,000	Unsold

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