Lygia Pape Brazilian, 1927 - 2004

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Lygia Pape - Untitled
Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
May 2018
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Realised: not sold
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Lygia Pape - Olhando Miró
Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
May 2018
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 30.000 - 40.000 USD
Realised: 13.750 USD
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Lygia Pape - Four works: Untitled (Tecelar)
Auction
Latin America
May 2017
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 90.000 - 120.000 USD
Realised: 105.000 USD
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Lygia Pape - Livro noite e dia (Book of Night and Day)
Auction
Latin America
May 2017
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Realised: 430.000 USD
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Lygia Pape - Untitled (Desenho I)
Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
November 2016
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Realised: 187.500 USD
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Lygia Pape - Untitled (Escultura)
Auction
Latin America: Modern Art | Latin America: Contemporary Art
November 2016
Sothebys, New York
Est.: 200.000 - 250.000 USD
Realised: 324.500 USD
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Lygia Pape - Escultura (Sculpture)
Auction
Latin America
November 2016
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Realised: not sold
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Lygia Pape - Tecelar
Auction
Latin America
May 2016
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Realised: not sold
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Lygia Pape - Untitled (Tecelar)
Auction
Latin America
November 2015
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Realised: 100.000 USD
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Lygia Pape - Untitled 
Auction
Latin America: The Legacy of Abstraction
May 2015
Sothebys, New York
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Realised: 93.750 USD
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Lygia Pape - Untitled (Desenho)
Auction
Latin America
November 2014
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 180.000 - 250.000 USD
Realised: not sold
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Lygia Pape - Twelve Elements from The Night and Day Book (Book of Light)
Auction
Latin America
May 2014
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Realised: 461.000 USD
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Lygia Pape - Untitled (Desenho)
Auction
Latin America
May 2013
Phillips, New York
Est.: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Realised: not sold
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Lygia Pape - O olho do guará (No. 13)
Auction
Latin America
November 2012
Phillips, New York
Est.: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Realised: 266.500 USD
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Lygia Pape - Four elements from the Night and Day Book
Auction
Latin America
November 2012
Phillips, New York
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Realised: 206.500 USD
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Lygia Pape - Untitled
Auction
Post-War and Contemporary Art
September 2012
Christies, London
Est.: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Realised: 3.750 GBP
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Lygia Pape - Livro dos Caminhos (Book of Paths)
Auction
Latin America
November 2011
Phillips, New York
Est.: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Realised: 212.500 USD
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Lygia Pape - Sans titre
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Art Contemporain
December 2010
Christies, Paris
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 EUR
Realised: 23.750 EUR
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Lygia Pape in a nutshell

In 1947, the Brazilian artist Lygia Pape joined the Rio de Janeiro-based Grupo Frente. This group was dedicated to concrete art and geometric abstraction. 12 years later, however, Pape's image of concrete art had changed: Together with Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica, she signed the Manifesto Neoconcreto (1959). The manifesto gave rise to the neoconcrete movement - it rejected the ideas of established concrete art and believed that its art should actively involve the viewer. Pape is thus considered a key figure of neo-concretism.

With her serial, geometric woodcuts, Lygia Pape refers to craftsmanship. She started with the first Tecelares in the 1950s, but developed the term for it only in the 1970s. It can be loosely translated as »weaving« and alludes to her unique, artisanal approach as well as to the influence of international modernists. The woodcuts were first shown at the third São Paulo Biennial in 1955.

Häufige Fragen zu Lygia Pape

1947 trat die brasilianische Künstlerin Lygia Pape der in Rio de Janeiro ansässigen Grupo Frente bei. Diese widmete sich der konkreten Kunst und geometrischen Abstraktion. 12 Jahre später hatte sich Papes Bild der konkreten Kunst aber geändert: Zusammen mit Lygia Clark und Hélio Oiticica unterzeichnete sie das Manifesto Neoconcreto (1959). Aus dem Manifest entwickelte sich die neokonkrete Bewegung – sie wies die Vorstellungen der etablierten konkreten Kunst zurück und war der Ansicht, dass ihre Kunst die Betrachtenden aktiv einbinden solle. Pape gilt damit als Schlüsselfigur des Neo-Konkretismus.

Lygia Pape nimmt mir ihren seriellen, geometrischen Holzschnitten Bezug zur Handwerkskunst. Mit den ersten Tecelares begann sie in den 1950er Jahren, den Begriff dafür entwickelte sie aber erst in den 1970ern. Er lässt sich frei mit »Weben« übersetzen und spielt auf ihre einzigartige, handwerkliche Herangehensweise wie suf an den Einfluss internationaler Modernisten an. Zum ersten Mal waren die Holzschnitte 1955 auf der dritten Biennale von São Paulo zu sehen.

Lygia Pape quotes

»My concern is always invention. I always want to invent a new language that’s different for me and for others, too. I want to discover new things. Because, to me, art is a way of knowing the world, to see how the world is, of getting to know the world.«

Zitate von Lygia Pape

»Mein Ziel ist immer die Erfindung. Ich möchte immer eine neue Sprache erfinden, die sowohl für mich als auch für andere neu ist. Ich möchte neue Dinge entdecken. Denn für mich ist die Kunst ein Weg, die Welt kennenzulernen, zu sehen, wie die Welt ist, die Welt kennenzulernen.«

Lygia Pape in News and Exhibitions

Art Institute Chicago shows Lygia Papes: Tecelares

Beginning February 11, the Art Institute in Chicago is focusing special attention on the Brazilian artist Lygia Papes: Lygia Papes: Tecelares, an exhibition of some 100 works from her heyday in the 1950s and '60s. Some of the Tecelares have not made it into the public domain since they were created.

February 11, 2023

Lygia Pape in News and Exhibitions

Art Institute Chicago zeigt Lygia Papes: Tecelares

Das Art Institute in Chicago legt ab dem 11. Februar ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die brasilianische Künstlerin Lygia Papes: Mit Lygia Papes: Tecelares zeigt es an die 100 Werke aus ihrer Hochphase in den 1950er und -60er Jahren. Einige der Tecelares haben es seit ihrer Entstehung nicht mehr in die Öffentlichkeit geschafft.

February 11, 2023

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