Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne

Paris, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Vieira da Silva, 1986, n.p., illustrated in colour
Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian; Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Vieira da Silva, 1991, p. 159, illustrated
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Vieira da Silva, 1991, p. 60, no. 60, illustrated
Lausanne, Galerie Alice Pauli, Hommage à Vieira da Silva, 1992, p. 31, no. 19, illustrated
Basel, Fondation Bayeler, The Spirit of White, 2003-04, no. 64

Guy Weelen and Jean-François Jaeger, Vieira da Silva: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva 1994, p. 663, no.3362, illustrated
Guy Weelen and Jean-François Jaeger, Vieira da Silva: Monograph, Geneva, 1994, p. 263, illustrated
Gisela Rosenthal, Vieira da Silva 1908-1992: The Quest for Unknown Space, Cologne 1998, n. p., illustrated in colour 

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly brighter and tends more towards cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is some thin and even craquelure throughout. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals some areas of fluorescence in places, however these don't appear to be retouching.
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"Every day I am more amazed about being here and rolling through space on a sphere [...] Everything amazes me. I paint my amazement, which at the same time is delight, fear and laughter. I do not want to exclude anything from this amazement. I want to paint pictures with many things, with all the contradictions..."

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva quoted in: Gisela Rosenthal,Vieira da Silva 1908-1992: The Quest for Unknown Space, Cologne 1998, p. 79