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Livro Noite e Dia (Book of Night and Day)
Lygia PapeWW-1963-004285
1963·Acrylic on wood, 30 parts·Each: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (15.9 × 15.9 × 2.9 cm)
Overall ESTIMATED: 54 × 66 in. (137.2 × 167.6 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and Latin American Art Initiative Gifts, 2020
Catalogue
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- Each: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (15.9 × 15.9 × 2.9 cm) Overall ESTIMATED: 54 × 66 in. (137.2 × 167.6 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Lygia Pape
Artist
Lygia Pape
Sculpture
Lygia Pape was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, engraver, and filmmaker, who was a key figure in the Concrete movement and a later co-founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement in Brazil during the 1950s and 1960s. Along with Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, she was an important artist in the expansion of contemporary art in Brazil and pushed geometric art to include aspects of interaction and to engage with ethical and political themes.
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- Lygia Pape
- Year
- 1963
- Dimensions
- Each: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (15.9 × 15.9 × 2.9 cm) Overall ESTIMATED: 54 × 66 in. (137.2 × 167.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1963-004285
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified