id:			361505
accession number:	2019.197
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.197
updated:		2023-01-12 02:04:03.870000

Heliographs: Square, 1982, signed 2008. León Ferrari (Argentinian, 1920–2013). Diazotype; image: 90.3 x 90.5 cm (35 9/16 x 35 5/8 in.); sheet: 98.3 x 98.2 cm (38 11/16 x 38 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Leon Ferrari Foundation 2019.197 © León Ferrari

title:				Square
title in original language:	
series:				Heliographs
series in original language:	
creation date:			1982, signed 2008
creation date earliest:		1982
creation date latest:		1982
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of the Leon Ferrari Foundation
copyright:			© León Ferrari

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culture:	Argentina
technique:	diazotype
department:	Prints
collection:	Prints
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* León Ferrari (Argentinian, 1920–2013)  - artist
Argentine sculptor, poet, and conceptual artist, 1920-2013
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measurements: Image: 90.3 x 90.5 cm (35 9/16 x 35 5/8 in.); Sheet: 98.3 x 98.2 cm (38 11/16 x 38 11/16 in.)
state of the work:	I/I
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed at lower left, in black ink: x/∞; in red ink: 20 “SIN TITULO” 14/11/82 “CUADRADO”; in black ink: león ferrari 2008
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America
	opening date:   2020-03-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Studio of the artist
	date: 1982-2013
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	Estate of the artist, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH through Sicardi Ayers Bacino, Houston, TX
	date: 2013-2019
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2019-
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fun fact:
León Ferrari created this print with a photo-based printing process used for making blueprints.

digital description:
This print belongs to a series that Argentinian artist León Ferrari made while living in exile in Brazil after a military dictatorship took hold in his native country. He presented aspects of São Paulo’s layout from an aerial perspective—here, figures walk within areas of squares and stripes. Ferrari folded the prints and mailed them to friends throughout the world while separated from his homeland.

wall description:
This print belongs to a series that León Ferrari made while living as an exile in Brazil after a military dictatorship took hold in his native Argentina. He presented aspects of São Paulo’s layout from an aerial perspective—here, walking figures within areas of squares and stripes. To create the prints, Ferrari used diazotype, a commercial process typically utilized to reproduce maps and blueprints with photosensitive paper. The artist folded each print and mailed them to friends throughout the world while separated from his home country.
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