Unity No. 1 (Unidade No. 1) by Lygia Clark
Art Institute of Chicago

Unity No. 1 (Unidade No. 1)

Lygia Clark · 1958

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; given to Yve-Alain Bois, Paris, by 1976 [this and the following according to email from Yve-Alain Bois, July 30, 2021; copy in curatorial object file]; given to his sons, Alexandre Bois, Philadelphia, and Benjamin Bois, Ringoes, NJ, Oct. 2006; sold 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. 20 (as Unidade no.1, 2nd versão).
  • Salvador, Galeria Belvedere da Sé, Exposição Neoconcreta, Nov. 13–27, 1959 or Nov. 15–30, CAT INFO? Museu de Arte Moderna, Belo Horizonte, Jan. 1960?
  • 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, CAT. INFO?

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. 20 (as Unidade no.1, 2nd versão).
  • 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.1, 2nd versão).

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