Mira Schendel (1919-1988)

Linear object (a triptych)

Details
Mira Schendel (1919-1988)
Linear object (a triptych)
signed and dated 'Mira Schendel 1964' upper left
acrylic and monotype on japanese paper
57.1/8 x 9in. (145 x 23cm.)
Executed in 1964
Exhibited
So Paulo, Galeria Camargo Vilaa, Mira Schendel (Zrich, 1919 - So Paulo, 1988), Apr. 1994, n.n.

Lot Essay

Mira Schendel produced an enormous quantity of drawings. Between each individual piece and all of them taken as a whole, a revealing paradox emerges. Each drawing practically proves the impossibility of the next. The drawings carry similar elements, uncovering special relations between the line and its articulation with the paper in an extraordinary combination of discretion and intensity.