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Willys de Castro
Brazilian, 1926–1988 20 works onlineArtist Willys de Castro also worked as a graphic and industrial designer , composer, poet, and technical draftsman. Whether figuring out a problem or rehearsing a theme, his geometric compositions often seem like exercises or prototypes .
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Provenance
The artist.
1988 - ?, Hércules Barsotti, inherited from the above.
? - 1997, Sylvio Nery da Fonseca, Escritório de Arte, São Paulo.
1997 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York and Caracas, acquired as gift from Sylvio Nery da Fonseca.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
Galeria Belvedere da Sé, Salvador de Bahía, Brazil, "Exposição de arte neo-concreta", 1959
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro and Secretaria da Cultura, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, "Projeto Construtivo Brasileiro na Arte", 1976
The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, "The Rhythm of Color: Alejandro Otero an Willys de Castro, Two Modern Masters in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", June 29 - November 1, 2006
Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, "Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", September 16, 2017 - February 11, 2018
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, "Concrete Matters", February 24 - May 13, 2018
MoMA Exh. #2557: "2024: 4th Floor Collection" Gallery 421 (Visible Ideas), April 11, 2024 - August 19, 2024
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