Sem titulo (XII)
1985
Mira Schendel's *Sem título (XII)* is a contemplative work rendered in tempera, gesso, and oil on wood, reflecting the Brazilian-Swiss artist's enduring interest in materiality and surface. The layered application of gesso creates a luminous, textured ground that interacts with the translucency of tempera and the richness of oil, evoking a quiet tension between presence and absence. The piece exemplifies Schendel's meditative approach to form and mark-making, inviting the viewer into a space of subtle, almost spiritual reflection.
- Medium
- tempera, gesso and oil on wood
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
November 16, 2016
Estimate: $800,000 – $1,200,000
Sold: $970,000
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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.
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