Artist Monograph

Waltercio Caldas, Brazilian

Brazilian, born 1946

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	4	44.4%
Sculpture	2	22.2%
Other Media	2	22.2%
Printmaking	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	66.7%
Painting & Sculpture	3	33.3%

Classification Types

Drawing — 4
Sculpture — 3
Illustrated Book — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	12.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	62.5%
Large (1–3 m)	2	25%

Range: 29.7 cm → 187.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1995	1
1997	1
1998	1
1999	1
2006	2
2007	1
2008	1
2017	1

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Madman Sculpture Acc. 1142.2008	1971	Lead figurine on velvet-lined wooden box	2 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 7 1/16" (6 x 100 x 18 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Gonzalo Parodi through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Africa Drawing Acc. 584.2006	(1972)	Transfer type, ink, and metallic ink on paper	18 7/8 x 17 1/2" (47.9 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by The Edward John Noble Foundation
India Drawing Acc. 585.2006	(1972)	Transfer type, ink, and metallic ink on paper	18 7/8 x 17 1/2" (47.9 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by The Edward John Noble Foundation
Japan (Japão) Drawing Acc. 182.1995	(1972)	Transfer type, ink, and metallic ink on paper	19 x 17 1/2" (48.3 x 44.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gilberto Chateaubriand in memory of Monroe Wheeler, Francisco Masjuan and John Brady
End (Fim) Print Acc. 42.1999	(1973)	Stickers on photo paper	(irreg.) composition 12 1/2 x 18 3/4" (31.8 x 47.7 cm) sheet 18 7/8 x 26" (47 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Luiz Buarque de Hollanda
Mirror of Light Sculpture Acc. 152.1998	1974 (fabricated 1998)	Mirror with painted wood frame and electric light in metal fixture	6' 1 7/8" x 6' 1 7/8" (187.6 x 187.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Manuel Francisco do Nascimento Brito, Beatriz Pimenta Camargo, Gilberto Chateaubriand, Joachim Esteve, José Mindlin, and Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela
Pontos (Dots) Drawing Acc. 172.2007.a-g	(1976)	Ink on paper	.1-.4 = 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 (29.8 x 40 cm) .5-.6 = 15 3/4 x 23 5/8 (40 x 60 cm) .7= 9 = 9 7/8 x 9 7/8" (25.1 x 25.1 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 and The Edward John Noble Foundation
Painted Iron Sculpture Acc. 554.2017	1978	Painted iron	47 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 9/16" (120 x 120 x 1.5 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 Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro
O livro Velázquez Illustrated Book Acc. 199.1997	1996	Artist's book, offset printed	page (each): 11 11/16 × 10 3/16" (29.7 × 25.8 cm); overall (closed): 12 1/8 × 10 9/16 × 7/8" (30.8 × 26.8 × 2.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lilian Tone