Artist Monograph

Lygia Clark, Brazilian

Brazilian, 1920–1988

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	13	61.9%
Oil Painting	3	14.3%
Sculpture	2	9.5%
Lithography	2	9.5%
Drawing	1	4.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	12	57.1%
Painting & Sculpture	9	42.9%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 10
Painting — 6
Sculpture — 3
Print — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	28.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	61.9%
Large (1–3 m)	2	9.5%

Range: 29.5 cm → 141.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2004	2
2005	6
2006	2
2007	3
2008	1
2010	1
2011	1
2016	5

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 2
"MoMA, Floor 5, 512" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 5, 507" — 1

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Composition. Staircase Painting Acc. 795.2016	1948	Oil on canvas	21 13/16 x 18 1/4" (55.4 x 46.4 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 Neil L. and Angelica Rudenstine
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1672.2009	1951	Charcoal on notebook paper	21 1/4 x 14 3/8" (54 x 36.5 cm) (irreg) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alvaro Clark and Sandra Brito
Breaking the Frame. Composition no. 5 Painting Acc. 796.2016	1954	Oil and oleoresin on canvas and wood	41 15/16 x 35 13/16 x 13/16" (106.5 x 91 x 2 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
Planes in Modulated Surface Painting Acc. 797.2016	1956	Cellulose nitrate and oil on plywood	25 9/16 x 35 7/16 x 13/16" (65 x 90 x 2 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
Planes in Modulated Surface 4 Painting Acc. 205.2008	1957	Formica and industrial paint on wood	39 1/4 x 39 1/4" (99.7 x 99.7 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 Kathy Fuld
Study for Modulated Surface no. 2 (Superfície modulada no. 2) Drawing Acc. 78.2005	1957	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on colored paper	11 3/4 x 3 7/8" (29.9 x 9.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of the Edward John Noble Foundation and Committee on Drawings Funds
Study for Modulated Surface no. 3 (Superfície modulada no. 3) Drawing Acc. 79.2005	1957	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on colored paper	11 3/4 x 3 7/8" (29.9 x 9.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of the Edward John Noble Foundation and Committee on Drawings Funds
Study for Modulated Surface no. 4 (Superfície modulada no. 4) Drawing Acc. 80.2005	1957	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on colored paper	11 3/4 x 3 7/8" (29.9 x 9.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of the Edward John Noble Foundation and Committee on Drawings Funds
Study for Modulated Surface no. 5 (Superfície modulada no. 5) Drawing Acc. 81.2005	1957	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on colored paper	11 3/4 x 3 7/8" (29.9 x 9.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of the Edward John Noble Foundation and Committee on Drawings Funds
Study for Planes in Modulated Surface (Planos em superfície modulada) Drawing Acc. 1393.2007	1957	Cut-and-pasted paper on colored paper	15 5/8 x 15 5/8" (39.7 x 39.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Study for Planes in Modulated Surface (Planos em superfície modulada) Drawing Acc. 1394.2007	1957	Cut-and-pasted paper on colored paper	15 7/8 x 15 3/4" (40.3 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Study for Planes in Modulated Surface (Planos em superfície modulada) Drawing Acc. 1395.2007.a-b	1957	Cut-and-pasted paper on colored paper (recto and verso)	15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Counter Relief no. 1 Painting Acc. 798.2016	1958	Alkyd and cellulose nitrate on wood	55 1/2 × 55 1/2 × 1 5/16" (141 × 141 × 3.3 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
Study for Modulated Space no. 1 (Espaço modulado no. 1) Drawing Acc. 82.2005	1958	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on paper	11 5/8 x 3 7/8" (29.5 x 9.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of the Edward John Noble Foundation and Committee on Drawings Funds
Study for Modulated Space no. 2 (Espaço modulado no. 2) Drawing Acc. 83.2005	1958	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on paper	11 3/4 x 3 7/8" (29.9 x 9.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of the Edward John Noble Foundation and Committee on Drawings Funds
Cocoon no. 2 Painting Acc. 799.2016	1959	Cellulose nitrate on sheetmetal	11 13/16 × 11 13/16 × 4 5/16" (30 × 30 × 11 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 Kathy Halbreich
Sundial Sculpture Acc. 312.2004	1960	Aluminum with gold patina	Dimensions variable, approximately 20 7/8 x 23 x 18 1/8" (52.8 x 58.4 x 45.8 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 Rafael Romero
The Inside Is the Outside Sculpture Acc. 1117.2011	1963	Stainless steel	16 x 17 1/2 x 14 3/4" (40.6 x 44.5 x 37.5 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 Adriana Cisneros de Griffin
Poetic Shelter Sculpture Acc. 313.2004	1964	Painted metal	5 1/2 x 24 x 20 1/8" (14 x 63 x 51 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 Milan Hughston
Oculos (Programme) from the Museum in Progress project The Mission of Art Print Acc. 514.2006.281	(newspaper published May 9, 2001)	Lithograph, offset printed	sheet: 18 5/16 x 12 3/8" (46.5 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Oculos 1968from the Museum in Progress project The Mission of Art Print Acc. 514.2006.278	(newspaper published March 7, 2001)	Lithograph, offset printed	sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund