About this artwork
Mira Schendel’s <emUntitled is part of a series of strikingly spare paintings rendered in earth tones and with no decorative embellishments. The work, which may be presented either vertically or horizontally, alludes to Schendel’s interest in architecture. When viewed horizon-tally, the dark rust-color shape suggests an architectural form, evoking a weathered shed or an iron strongbox with a keyhole. Schendel’s adept play with material and space made her one of the leading artists associated with the Neo-Concrete movement of 1950-6os Brazil, which used interactive and kinetic practices to engage with viewers on a social level.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Contemporary Art
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Artist
- Mira Schendel
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Title
- Untitled
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Place
- Switzerland (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1964
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Medium
- Tempera on canvas
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Dimensions
- 91.5 × 130 cm (36 × 51 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Ada Turnbull Hertle, The Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation, Mary and Leigh Block, and Wirt D. Walker endowment funds; Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund; Walter Aitken, The Marian and Samuel Klasstorner, and Kate S. Buckingham endowment funds; The Gladys N. Anderson Fund; Alfred and May Tiefenbronner Memorial Endowment Fund; Director's Discretionary Acquisition Fund; Laura T. Magnuson Endowment Fund; Edward E. Ayer Endowment Fund in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; Samuel A. Marx Fund; Maurice D. Galleher Endowment Fund; The Luella Thomas and Cyrus H. McCormick funds; Wentworth Greene Field Memorial, Simeon B. Williams, Samuel P. Avery, General Acquisitions Capital Campaign, Charles R. and Janice J. Feldstein, Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure, and The Highland Park Community Associates endowment funds; Joyce Van Pilsum Fund; The Betty Bell Spooner, Irving and Jane Seaman, and The Charles U. Harris endowment funds
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Reference Number
- 2020.339
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