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José Leonilson
Pure and Hard (Puros y duros)1991

Not on view
Textile wall hanging with off-white fabric, wire-caged tumbled stones in two curving chains, and hand-lettered Portuguese text

José Leonilson, Pure and Hard (Puros y duros), 1991, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Jose Leonilson and purchased with funds provided by Gary and Tracy Mezzatesta, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
José Leonilson
Brazil, 1957-1993
Title
Pure and Hard (Puros y duros)
Place Made
Brazil
Date Made
1991
Medium
Embroidery and stones on cloth
Dimensions
10 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 11/16 in. (26.04 × 20.96 × 1.745 cm) Vitrine: 13 × 11 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (33.02 × 28.58 × 6.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Jose Leonilson and purchased with funds provided by Gary and Tracy Mezzatesta
Accession Number
AC1999.94.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pedrosa, Adriano, ed. Leonilson: Truth, Fiction. São Paulo: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 2014.
  • Pedrosa, Adriano, editor. Leonilson: Now and Opportunites. São Paulo: MASP, 2024.
Copyright
© José Leonilson Estate