Artist Monograph

Mira Schendel, Brazilian

Brazilian, born Switzerland. 1919–1988

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Oil Painting 39 68.4%
Other Media 7 12.3%
Mixed Media 5 8.8%
Drawing 3 5.3%
Tempera 2 3.5%
Acrylic Painting 1 1.8%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 50 87.7%
Painting & Sculpture 7 12.3%

Production by Decade

1
1950s
47
1960s
8
1970s
1
1980s

Classification Types

  • Drawing — 47
  • Painting — 5
  • Print — 2
  • Sculpture — 2
  • Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)610.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)4885.7%
Large (1–3 m)23.6%

Range: 20.0 cm → 198.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19991
20012
200527
20063
20086
200911
20165
20182

Brazilian Contemporaries

  1. 62 Tadáskía
  2. 47 Carybé (Hector Bernabó)
  3. 41 Almir Mavignier
  4. 39 Vik Muniz
  5. 37 Miguel Rio Branco