Lot 36
  • 36

Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980)

Estimate
175,000 - 225,000 USD
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Description

  • Hélio Oiticica
  • Metaesquema 198
  • titled and inscribed Projeto HO N. 478 MET 198 on the reverse
  • gouache on cardboard
  • 11 3/4 by 15 5/8 in.
  • 30 by 40 cm
  • Executed in 1958.

Provenance

Dickinson Roundell, Inc., New York
Private Collection, Houston

Exhibited

New York, Dickinson Roundell, Inc., Playing wtih Form, Neoconcrete Art in Brazil, November 1-December 21, 2011, p. 50, no. 18, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall considering its age and the medium selected by the artist. The work has been examined under glass. The medium is stable. Slight, minor spots of foxing are present within the brown perimeter surrounding the main composition.
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