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Footbridges (Passarelas), from Blueprints (Heliografias)

A work made of diazotype on wove paper.

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  • A work made of diazotype on wove paper.

Date:

1981

Artist:

León Ferrari
Argentine, 1920–2013

About this artwork

Ferrari created the series Heliografias while living in exile in Brazil. The Heliografias, which resembled blueprints, were copied, folded, and sent via mail to friends in Buenos Aires and the rest of the world. In Footbridges, tiny people fill crowded catwalks above streets filled with cars. The tension between order and disorder in the Heliografias mirrored the tension between Ferrari’s urban reality in São Paulo and the oppressive political situation in his homeland, Argentina.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Leon Ferrari

Title

Footbridges (Passarelas), from Blueprints (Heliografias)

Place

Argentina (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.

1981

Medium

Diazotype on wove paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 80.4 × 103 cm (31 11/16 × 40 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the family of León Ferrari

Reference Number

2017.481

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