Artist Monograph

Hélio Oiticica, Brazilian

Brazilian, 1937–1980

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	8	50%
Sculpture	2	12.5%
Screenprint	2	12.5%
Printmaking	1	6.3%
Acrylic Painting	1	6.3%
Oil Painting	1	6.3%
Other Media	1	6.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	68.8%
Painting & Sculpture	5	31.3%

Production by Decade

10

1950s

3

1960s

3

1970s

Classification Types

Drawing — 8
Painting — 3
Print — 3
Sculpture — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	6.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	75%
Large (1–3 m)	3	18.8%

Range: 29.8 cm → 131.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1997	4
1998	4
1999	1
2000	1
2004	2
2016	4

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 3
"MoMA, Floor 5, 507" — 1

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 16 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Grupo Frente No. 73 Drawing Acc. 13.1998	1955–56	Gouache on card	17 3/8 x 15 3/8" (44.1 x 39 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Oiticica Family
Grupo Frente No. 136 Drawing Acc. 12.1998	1956	Gouache on board	13 3/4 x 17" (34.9 x 43.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Oiticica Family
Metaesquema Drawing Acc. 173.1997	1956	Gouache on incised board	18 1/8 x 20 1/2" (46 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Gilberto Chateaubriand
Metaesquema No. 179 Drawing Acc. 174.1997	1956	Gouache and ink on board	15 3/4 x 16 7/8" (40 x 42.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Oiticica Family
Metaesquema No. 237 Drawing Acc. 11.1998	1957	Gouache on board	19 3/4 x 24" (50.2 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Mr. Gilberto Chateaubriand and Mr. M.F. do Nascimento Brito
Untitled (Grupo Frente) Painting Acc. 841.2016	1957	Alkyd and oleoresin on wood and fiberboard	16 × 16 × 1 5/8" (40.6 × 40.6 × 4.1 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 Isay Weinfeld
Metaesquema Drawing Acc. 176.1997	1958	Gouache on board	19 7/8 x 26 3/4" (50.5 x 68 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Paulo Herkenhoff
Metaesquema No. 348 Drawing Acc. 10.1998	1958	Gouache on board	18 1/8 x 22 3/4" (46 x 58 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela
Metaesquema No. 4066 Drawing Acc. 175.1997	1958	Gouache on incised board	21 x 22 7/8" (53.3 x 58.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Oiticica Family
Red Monochrome Painting Acc. 843.2016	1959	Alkyd on board	11 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 1 1/8" (29.8 × 29.8 × 2.9 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 Paulo Herkenhoff
Neoconcrete Relief Painting Acc. 325.2004	1960	Oil on wood	37 7/8 x 51 1/4" (96 x 130 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 in honor of Gary Garrels
B16 – Bolide – Box 12, “Archeological” Sculpture Acc. 326.2004.a-d	1964-65	Polyvinyl acetate and vinyl-acrylic paint with earth on wood structure, nylon net, corrugated cardboard, mirror, glass, rocks, earth, and fluorescent lamp	14 1/2 x 51 5/8 x 20 1/2" (37 x 131.2 x 52.1 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 in honor of Paulo Herkenhoff
P16 Parangolé Cape 12 “From Adversity We Live” Sculpture Acc. 844.2016	1965 (reconstructed 1992)	Jute, fabric, wood shavings, and plastics	44 7/8 × 10 5/8 × 8 11/16" (114 × 27 × 22 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
Mangue Bangú – excerpt from “Homage to Father” (Mangue Bangú – excerto de “Homage to father”) Print Acc. 434.1999	1972	Screenprint	composition: 17 7/8 × 15 15/16" (45.4 × 40.5 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 × 18" (60.8 × 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Oiticica Family
Mangue Bangú – excerpt from “Homage to Father” (Mangue Bangú – excerto de “Homage to father”) Print Acc. 146.2000	1972	Screenprint	composition and sheet: 17 11/16 x 15 11/16" (45 x 39.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Oiticica Family
The afternoon almost evening Print Acc. 845.2016	1973	Cibachrome prints pasted on paper	11 9/16 × 17 11/16" (29.3 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund