Antonio Obá

Alvorada - Música Incidental Black Bird

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Antonio Obá

(b. 1983)

Alvorada - Música Incidental Black Bird

signed, titled and dated 2020 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

70 ⅛ by 80 ¾ in.

178 by 205 cm.

Executed in 2020.

Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo

Private Collection, Brazil

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Beijing, X Museum, Antonio Obá: Fables, December 2021 - April 2022

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Antonio Obá: Revoada, June 2023 - February 2024, pp. 130-31, illustrated in color, p. 139 (text) and pp. 132-33, 148-51, illustrated in color (detail)

Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Rituals of Care, October 2024 - February 2025, no. 29, p. 38, illustrated in color, pp. 40-41, illustrated in color (detail) and pp. 137, 140 (text)

Diana Campbell and Diane Lima, Antonio Obá, New York 2022, illustrated in color (on the cover) (detail), illustrated (on the inside cover) and pp. 34-35, illustrated in color

Yang Xiaoyu, "Brazilian Artist's Anti-Colonialism Work Resonates with Chinese Audience," China Daily, 11 January 2022, illustrated in color (online)

Antonio Obá, "Alvorada - Música Incidental Black Bird – Pinacoteca de São Paulo," Pinacoteca de São Paulo, 16 June 2023 (audio commentary) (online)

Nahima Maciel - Correio, "Livro Analisa Obra de Antonio Obá, Talento da Arte Contemporânea Brasileira," Estado de Minas, 16 July 2023, illustrated in color (online)

Alecsandra Matias de Oliveira, "Antonio Obá," Das Artes, Vol. 133, 24 July 2023, p. 26 (text) and pp. 28-29, illustrated in color

Jacques Magnol, "Antonio Obá: The Art of Memory and Resilience," Genève Active, 17 November 2024, illustrated in color (online)

Roberto Puzzu, "L'Arte di Antonio Obá: Resistenza Identità e Riflessione Sul Corpo," La Rivista Centralmente della Domenica, 11 January 2025, illustrated in color (online)

Milovan Farronato, "Antonio Obá 'Rituals of Care' at Centre d'Arte Contemporain Genève, 2024," Mousse, 15 February 2025 (text) (online)

Casablack eds., "SP–Arte 2025: São Paulo recebe uma das maiores feiras de arte da América Latina," Casablack, 4 April 2025, illustrated in color (online)

Marta Lock, "La Reinterpretazione delle Origini e Degli Eventi del Brasile nell’Espressionismo Surrealista di Antonio Obá," L'Opinionista, 16 July 2025, illustrated in color (online)