Artist Monograph

Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian

Brazilian, 1907–2012

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	4	50%
Gouache	2	25%
Sculpture	2	25%

Production by Decade

1

1940s

2

1950s

3

1960s

2

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	62.5%
Large (1–3 m)	3	37.5%

Range: 41.9 cm → 192.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1953	1
1991	2
2007	4
2015	1

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Beach House for Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, project, Santa Barbara, California Architecture Acc. 598.1953	1948	Wood, cardboard and paint	3 x 19 3/4 x 34" (7.6 x 50.2 x 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine
Ibirapuera Park Project, São Paulo, Brazil (Perspective) Architecture Acc. 158.1991	1953	Gouache on board	39 x 59 1/2" (99.1 x 151.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Roblee McCarthy, Jr. Fund and Lily Auchincloss Fund
Ibirapuera Park project, São Paulo, Brazil (Site plan) Architecture Acc. 157.1991	1953	Gouache and graphite on board	39 1/2 x 59 1/2" (100.3 x 151.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Roblee McCarthy, Jr. Fund and Lily Auchincloss Fund
Urban Plans (ZAC) Projects for Grasse, Dieppe and Villejuif, France, Aerial perspectives and plans for Dieppe and Villejuif in maquette for Modulo Journal No. 53 Architecture Acc. 315.2007.a-c	1967-78	Felt-tipped pen, pencil, colored pencil on printed paper, cut-and-pasted printed paper, and transparentized paper with printed plastic overlay	.a: 10 1/4 x 20 1/4" (26 x 51.4 cm) .b: 10 x 9 1/2" (25.4 x 24.1 cm .c: 10 x 9 1/4" (25.4 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of André Correa do Lago
Urban Plans (ZAC) Projects for Grasse, Dieppe and Villejuif, France, Plans for Grasse in maquette for Modulo Journal No. 53 Architecture Acc. 316.2007	1967-78	Ballpoint pen and pencil on transparentized paper	11 3/4 x 16 1/2" (29.8 x 41.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of André Correa do Lago
Urban Plans (ZAC) Projects for Grasse, Dieppe, and Villejuif, France, Aerial perspectives and plan for Grasse in maquette for Modulo Journal No. 53 Architecture Acc. 314.2007.a-b	1967-78	Felt-tipped pen, pencil, colored pencil on printed paper, cut-and-pasted printed paper, and transparentized paper with printed plastic overlay	.a: 10 1/4 x 20 1/4" (26 x 51.4 cm) .b: 9 3/4 x 19 1/4" (24.8 x 48.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of André Correa do Lago
Fata Engineering Headquarters, Turin, Italy, Sketch in maquette for Modulo Journal No. 46 Architecture Acc. 317.2007	1975-81	Ink, felt-tipped marker, and pencil on printed paper with cut-and-pasted painted paper	10 × 19 1/2" (25.4 × 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of André Correa do Lago
"Modulo" Low Table Design Acc. 733.2015	1978	Painted plywood and steel	9 1/2 x 75 3/4 x 19 3/4" (24.1 x 192.4 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds