Artist Monograph

Willys de Castro, Brazilian

Brazilian, 1926–1988

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	5	31.3%
Gouache	3	18.8%
Drawing	3	18.8%
Other Media	2	12.5%
Screenprint	2	12.5%
Lithography	1	6.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	68.8%
Painting & Sculpture	5	31.3%

Production by Decade

10

1950s

5

1960s

1

1980s

Classification Types

Drawing — 7
Painting — 4
Print — 3
Sculpture — 1
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	56.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	37.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	6.3%

Range: 5.7 cm → 182.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2001	3
2005	3
2007	2
2008	2
2009	1
2016	5

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 16 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study for Surface Distribution on a Modulated Reticular System no. 3 (Distribuição de superfície sobre um sistema reticular modulado no. 3) Drawing Acc. 585.2009	1953	Gouache and pencil on paper	6 3/8 x 3 5/8" (16.2 x 9.2 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 Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Composition (Composicão) Drawing Acc. 1392.2007	1954	Oil on paper	9 1/4 x 7 1/2" (23.5 x 19 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 Adriana Cisneros de Griffin
Modulated Composition Painting Acc. 806.2016	1954	Alkyd on board	15 7/8 × 15 3/4" (40.3 × 40 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 75.2005	c. 1954	Ink on transparentized paper	10 1/8 x 12 3/8" (25.7 x 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 76.2005	c. 1956	Gouache and pencil on graph paper	11 3/4 x 8 3/8" (29.8 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Abstract (Abstrato) Drawing Acc. 1153.2001	1957/58	Ink on paper	2 1/4 x 1 1/8" (5.8 x 2.9 cm). ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Hercules Rubens Barsotti, Sao Paulo
Abstract (Abstrato) Drawing Acc. 1154.2001	1957/58	Ink on paper	3 3/8 x 2 1/4" (8.6 x 5.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Hercules Rubens Barsotti, Sao Paulo
Poster – poem Print Acc. 807.2016	1958	Letterpress	composition: 8 1/4 × 1 15/16" (21 × 5 cm); sheet: 18 3/8 × 18 3/8" (46.7 × 46.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Alexa Halaby
Untitled Drawing Acc. 77.2005	c. 1958	Gouache on graph paper	11 x 8 3/4" (27.9 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Active Object (Yellow) Painting Acc. 808.2016	1959-60	Oil on canvas on board	13 3/4 × 27 9/16 × 3/16" (35 × 70 × 0.5 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 Lord and Lady Foster
Active Object Multiple Acc. 1461.2001	1960	Multiple of folded offset lithograph in plexiglass mount	overall: 10 3/4 x 10 15/16 x 2 1/2" (27.3 x 27.8 x 6.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sylvio Nery da Fonseca Escritorio de Arte Ltd.
Active Object Painting Acc. 2.2007	1961	Oil on canvas mounted on wood	36 1/4 x 7/8 x 4 3/8" (92.1 x 2.2 x 11.1 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 Estrellita Brodsky
Active Object (Red/White Cube) Painting Acc. 809.2016	1962	Oil on canvas on plywood	9 13/16 × 9 13/16 × 9 13/16" (25 × 25 × 25 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 Tomás Orinoco Griffin-Cisneros
Untitled Print Acc. 292.2008	1962	Screenprint	Sheet: 9 13/16 x 14 3/16" (25 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 291.2008	1962	Screenprint	Sheet: 9 13/16 x 14 3/16" (25 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Pluriobject Sculpture Acc. 810.2016	1980	Copper foil on wood	71 5/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4" (182 × 7 × 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 Barry Bergdoll