Unidade no. 5 by Lygia Clark
Art Institute of Chicago

Unidade no. 5

Lygia Clark · 1958

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; given to Jean Clay, Paris, by Sept. 1971 [email from Yve-Alain Bois, July 30, 2021; copy in curatorial object file]; given to Yve-Alain Bois, Ringoes, NJ, May 2017 [letter from Jean Clay to Yve-Alain Bois, May 30, 2017; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 9, 2021.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, 1a. exposição neoconcreta, Mar. 19–Apr. 19, 1959, cat. 24 (as Unidade no.5, 2nd versão).
  • London, Signals, Lygia Clark, May 27–July 3, 1965, no cat.
  • Salvador, Brazil, Convento do Carmo, La Bienal nacional de artes plásticas da Bahia, Dec. 28, 1966–Feb. 28, 1967, no cat. no.

Literature

Published references

  • Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, 1a. exposição neoconcreta, exh. cat. (Rio de Janeiro: Museu de Arte Moderna, 1959), n.p., cat. 24 (as Unidade no.5, 2nd versão).
  • David Medalla, ed. Signals: Bulletin of Signals London, 1 no. 7 (April–May, 1965), 9 (ill.) (as Unity, 1960).
  • Ferreria Gullar, Experiência neoconcreta: momento–limite da arte, facsimile reprint of the catalogue 1a. exposição neoconcreta (São Paulo, SP: Cosac Naify, 2007), n.p. (as Unidade no.5, 2nd versão).
  • James Rondeau, Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 166 (color ill.).

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