Artist Monograph

José Costa Leite, Brazilian

Brazilian, 1927–2021

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	21	100%

Range: 33.0 cm → 33.0 cm (largest side)

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
A Mulher que Engoliu um Par de Tamancos com Ciume do Marido from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.8	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
A Propaganda de um Matuto com um Balaio de Maxixe from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.12	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
A Serpente que engoliu o Vaqueiro no Rio Amazonas from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.5	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
A Vaqueijada do Sertão from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.9	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Confissão de Caboclo from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.4	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Corrução e Carestia Ninguém Ignora Mais from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.7	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
História do Soldado Roberto e a Princesa do Reino de Canan from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.16	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
O Côco do Boi Tungão from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.13	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
O Flagelo do Sertão e o Resultado das Cheias from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.1	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
O Ramance do Pavão Misterioso from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.14	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
O Rapaz Que Virou Bode from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.10	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
O Sanfoneiro que foi Tocar no Inferno from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.6	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
O Sonho de um Jogador from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.17	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Oração de Milagrosa de Nossa Senhora do Monserrate from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.18	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Oração de São Marcos e São Manso from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.15	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Oração do Nosso Senhor do Bom Fim from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.19	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Pau de Sebo from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.3	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Peleja de Antônio Rocha com Joaquim Pitu from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.2	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Peleja de Bandeirinha com Cachimbinho from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.20	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Peleja de Otávio Leonardo dos Santos com Hilda Mariana de Carvalho from the portfolio Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.11	1968	One from a portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet: 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool
Xilogravura Popular do Nordeste (Popular Woodcuts of the Northeast) Print Acc. 1631.1968.1-20	1968	Portfolio of twenty woodcuts	sheet (each): 13 × 9 3/8" (33 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Instituto do Acucar e do Alcool