Mira Schendel - Latin America New York Monday, November 24, 2014 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist
    Collection of Mrs. Terezinha de Jesus Lopes, São Roque
    Escritório de Arte, São Paulo
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Mira Schendel

    Brazilian • 1919 - 1988

    Born in Zurich and of Jewish heritage, Mira Schendel escaped Switzerland during World War II to settle in Sarajevo and Rome, finally immigrating to Brazil in 1953. In the 1960s, she began to produce her iconic monotipas, delicate drawings on luminescent rice paper. She rejected the notion of painting as a primary medium, abandoning the genre in the 1970s for almost a decade. Schendel worked mostly with paper and objects made of unusual materials such as Plexiglas, fabrics and aqueous inks.

    Recurring themes in her work include letters, geometric figures and phrases reflecting a radical lexicon, often juxtaposing elements from two languages (visual and numerical). Many of her works hover in the space between drawing and writing, creating a certain visual poetry that is completely her own. Schendel's works go beyond the materiality of making art and allow viewers to understand the relationship between language, time and human thought processes.

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Montanha azul

1978- 1985
watercolor and pastel on paper
15 1/2 x 7 in. (39.4 x 17.8 cm.)
This work is accompanied by a photo-declaration of authenticity signed by Mr. André Millan.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Contact Specialist
Laura González
Director of Latin American Art
New York
+1 212 940 1216

Latin America

New York Auction 24 November 2014 2pm