Lygia Clark
Geometria amorosa, 1955
Graphite, gouache, cardboard
16.6 x 23.9 cm, 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 ins
49 x 56.4 x 4.8 cm, 19 1/4 x 22 1/4 x 1 7/8 ins, framed
49 x 56.4 x 4.8 cm, 19 1/4 x 22 1/4 x 1 7/8 ins, framed
Signed & dated "Clark 55" bottom right
© O Mundo de Lygia Clark-Associação Cultural, Rio de Janeiro
Further images
Translation: "Amorous / Loving Geometry"
Even on her concrete, racionalist phase, geometry already configured itself as an experience that would surpass traditional space: “Geometry is born from the reflection of the body projected in my mind […] I started with geometry, but I was searching for an organic space where I could introduce painting." (CLARK, 2005). Clark named this "amorous geometry" / geometria amorosa.
From: Lygia Clark, the experience of the paradoxes by Maria José Justino
Removed from frame (Framed: 48.9 x 56.2 x 4.4 cm / 19 1/4 x 22 1/8 x 1 3/4 ins)
Provenance
The Estate of Lygia Clark, Brazil
Exhibitions
Lygia Clark: Works from the 1950s, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, 3 June - 30 July 2016