Artist Monograph

Alfredo Volpi, Brazilian

Brazilian, born Italy. 1896–1988

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	5	55.6%
Gouache	3	33.3%
Woodcut	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	88.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	11.1%

Classification Types

Drawing — 7
Painting — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	88.9%
Large (1–3 m)	1	11.1%

Range: 32.0 cm → 142.9 cm (largest side)

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 407" — 1

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study for a Baroque Cathedral Drawing Acc. 130.2005	late 1950s	Ink and pencil on paper	13 x 9 1/2" (33 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Study with Flag and Pole Drawing Acc. 129.2005	1950-59	Ink and pencil on paper	12 7/8 x 9 7/8" (32.7 x 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Composition with One Flag Drawing Acc. 131.2005	c. 1955–59	Gouache on paper	15 1/8 x 5 7/8" (38.4 x 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Geometric Composition Drawing Acc. 132.2005	c. 1957	Ink and gouache on paper	14 7/8 x 11 1/2" (37.8 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Study for façade Drawing Acc. 133.2005	(c. 1957)	Ink on paper	12 5/8 x 9 1/8" (32 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Composition with Two Flags Drawing Acc. 135.2005	(1961)	Pencil on printed paper	13 x 9 3/8" (33 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Geometric Composition Drawing Acc. 134.2005	1961	Ink on paper	12 3/8 x 13 3/8" (31.5 x 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Composition with Two Flags Print Acc. 221.2005	1962	Woodcut	Composition: 17 1/16 x 17 1/16" (43.3 x 43.3 cm) Sheet: 25 7/8 x 18 11/16" (65.7 x 47.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Untitled <em>from the series</em> Hourglasses Painting Acc. 88.2010	1964	Gouache on canvas	56 1/4 x 27 1/2" (142.9 x 69.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Peter Tinoco