Mira Schendel

Mario Schenberg and Lourdes Cedran Collection, Sao Paulo (a gift from the artist)
Art and Antiques Gallery, Sao Paolo
Private Collection, Brasil
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there are more mint green undertones in the upper half of the composition. The catalogue illustration also fails to fully convey the textured nature of the surface visible in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. Close inspection reveals evidence of light wear with associated minute rubmarks scattered in isolated places. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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“[Schendel] was interested in geometric abstraction, but the abstraction in her work is a different kind. She is offering an alternate paradigm; she establishes an alternative line, to do with being and ontology, through a minimal, precarious gesture - a kind of softness A slight gesture can be powerful.”

Tanya Barson

Holly Williams, 'The woman in black: Mira Schendel is finally bursting on to the British art scene', The Independent, 31 August 2013