The Illustration of Art / The Body

Provenance

The artist; given to his daughter, Rara Dias, Nov. 8, 2017 [this and the following according to email from Nara Roesler Gallery, Feb. 13, 2025; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Galerie Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Dec. 8, 2020; sold through Galerie Nara Roesler, São Paulo, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 8, 2025.

The Illustration of Art / The Body

Antonio Dias

1974

Accession Number

274897

Medium

Acrylic paint on canvas and wood

Dimensions

Larger panel: 90 × 60 cm (35 7/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Smaller panel: 30 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Overall: 90 × 110 cm (35 7/16 × 43 5/16 in.)

Classification

painting

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham, Walter Aitken, and Ada Turnbull Hertle endowment funds