Diagnóstico - Estado de conservação da obra Cidade em Festa

Abstract

The first documentary references on the creation of the triptych “Cidade em Festa” date back to 1960. Bulletin n.12 (January/February 1960) of the Federal University of Ceará describes Bandeira's visit to the UFC, referring to it on the page 12, to the fact that Bandeira was invited by the University of Ceará “to paint the mural of the new building that makes up the Faculty of Law as a whole”. In a correspondence, posted in Rio de Janeiro, addressed to Rector Martins Filho, dated August 28, 1960, Bandeira refers to an upcoming visit to Fortaleza when, among other matters, he will discuss the holding of a panel entitled panel of College. In an interview with Raimundo Girão (Clã 19, 1960, p. 47) Bandeira refers to the execution of a panel for the Faculty of Law, describing it as “a decorative painting, exploring a theme related to law, freedom, but without forgetting – of course – the architectural side of the work, which I consider extremely important. It will be a functional painting”. Made in 1961, in an improvised studio at the UFC Museum of Art, the work was exhibited (for the first time) at the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, in 1963, in the exhibition “Oito Artistas do Mauc”. Despite having been commissioned and conceived to appear on the premises of the Faculty of Law, the triptych Cidade em Festa has been part of the University's Museum of Art collection since its creation, making up the collection of 40 works from the UFC's collection.