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Museum of Contemporary Art, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Four Sketches

A collection of rough detail sketches of the elevation, structure, perspective, and aerial view of a circular building.

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  • A collection of rough detail sketches of the elevation, structure, perspective, and aerial view of a circular building.

Date:

1999

Artist:

Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian, 1907-2012

About this artwork

Completed in 1996, the Niterói Museum of Contemporary art has since become one of the city of Rio de Janeiro’s main landmark buildings. While visiting the town during the design process, Niemeyer told the then mayor, Jorge Roberto Silveira he envisioned a design for the museum to rise up from the seaside location like a flower or a bird. The resulting design strongly resembles the sketches seen here with the museum rising from a structural stem and lined with panoramic view of the adjacent sea. The completed project is accessed via a curvilinear bridge that stretches up to the top floor of the building.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Oscar Niemeyer (Architect)

Title

Museum of Contemporary Art, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Four Sketches

Place

Brazil (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1999

Medium

Black marker on tracing paper

Dimensions

50 × 70 cm (19 11/16 × 27 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Oscar Niemeyer, Fundaçao Oscar Niemeyer

Reference Number

1999.302.6

Extended information about this artwork

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