Mira Schendel
Born in Zurich and later studying in Milan, Mira Schendel immigrated to São Paulo in 1949, where she began her artistic career in earnest. She found Brazil ripe for artistic innovation, both thanks to the community of European émigrés living there during this time, as well as the exploration of abstraction being led by Brazilian artists like Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica.
1970
Mira Schendel, a Swiss-born artist who immigrated to São Paulo in 1949, created this work using oil and Letraset on colored rice paper in 1970. Her artistic practice benefited from Brazil's vibrant community of European émigrés and pioneering abstract artists like Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica.
- Medium
- oil and Letraset on colored rice paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Latin America
May 24, 2017
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