1971.91 Sergio de Camargo, Relief No. 262, 1969

In the 1960s, Brazilian Sergio de Camargo was working and exhibiting in Paris, where he was an active member of an artist collective, Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV). A main purpose of the collective was to experiment in the creation of optical and kinetic sculptures under shared formal and theoretical practices. Camargo’s involvement in the group informed and inspired his monochromatic relief sculptures and served as the foundation for a new body of work. The undulating surface of Relief No. 262, made of hundreds of cylindrical wooden dowels, is both organic and mechanical in movement and composition. The delicate play of light, shadow, and line on the work’s white surface emphasizes the tactility of the wood, which sharply projects from the surface of the relief.

Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, Label text, 2017.

Camargo_Sergio de: ULAN: 500076007

Brazil: TGN: 1000047

Rio de Janeiro (inhabited place / Brazil): TGN: 7017095

Buenos Aires: TGN: 7006287

Paris (France): TGN: 7008038

wood reliefs (sculptures): DMA

wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914

relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

paint (coating): AAT: 300015029

sculpture: AAT: 300047090

reliefs (sculptures): AAT: 300047230

exhibitions: AAT: 300054766

groups (organizations): AAT: 300386362

artists' collectives: AAT: 300265433

Op art (Optical art / international post-1945 fine arts styles and movements): AAT: 300022195

Kinetic (Kinetic art / international post-1945 fine arts styles and movements): AAT: 300069473

theory (multidisciplinary concept): AAT: 300055880

monochrome: AAT: 300137660

rhythm (formal concept): AAT: 300056305

movement (compositional concept): AAT: 300400859

surface texture: AAT: 300219406

geometric shape: AAT: 300263819

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509

cylindrical (geometric shape): AAT: 300378890

cylinders (geometric figures): AAT: 300163037

dowels: AAT: 300014634

organic (attributes and properties): AAT: 300191632

composition (artistic arrangement): AAT: 300056255

composition wood board (composition board): AAT: 300411316

light (energy): AAT: 300056024

shadows: AAT: 300056036

lines (artistic concept): AAT: 300400858

tactile values: AAT: 300056361

color (perceived attribute): AAT: 300056130

white (color): AAT: 300129784

Color-field (style): AAT: 300022120

Until 1970: Gimpel Fils Ltd., London [1]

1970-1971: Mr. and Mrs. James H. Clark, Dallas, purchased from the above [1]

From 1971: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Clark [1], [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance was existing provenance information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.  

[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated January 07, 1972, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.