The flier’s cover is illustrated with a work of geometric abstraction (with no mention of the painter’s name), but includes no title for the event. The eleventh edition of the salão paulista de arte moderna, organized by the state government’s Servicio de Fiscalización Artística de la Secretaria de Cultura, was held in June 1962 at the Galería Prestes Maia. The event was billed as a “tribute” to Candido Portinari (b. 1903; d. 1962), who had died recently, and the flier includes a reproduction of the artist’s work, Mestizo (1934), and a brief account of the painter’s career. This edition of the event maintained the four basic categories of painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts.     

The list of participating artists who had exhibited at previous salãos includes Aldo Bonadei, Ferrari (Arnaldo), Francisco Biojone, Leopoldo Raimo, Mário Zanini, Renina Katz, Wega, and so on. 

Arcângelo Ianelli, José Gamarra, and Nelson Leirner were among the younger artists who had participated in the salão on previous occasions. Notable work was presented by the young artist Gontran Guanaes Netto (b. 1933; d. 2017), a member of the PCB (Brazilian Communist Party) who, some years after the 1964 military coup d’état, went to live in exile in France because of his association with Carlos Marighela’s ALN (Aliança Libertadora Naional). He finally settled in Cachan, near Paris. For the sake of secrecy, many of his works from that period are not signed. Gontran presented a painting, Luz y tonalidades, at this event. Thomaz Perina, the painter from Campinas that Cordeiro wrote about, showed three landscapes. Gerda Brentani exhibited three drawings. Ubirajara and Antônio Henrique Amaral were back again at this year’s event, showing watercolors and three prints, respectively.    

In the field of Constructive art, among the artists whose work would be included in the Adolpho Leirner Collection, Rubem Valentim showed three “compositions” (with no narrative content). Samson Flexor was back again, this time with “paintings” produced in 1962, and Waldemar Cordeiro presented a work called Luz. Mira Schendel exhibited three drawings, and Judith Lauand showed her “developments.” Raúl Porto and Lothar Charoux presented drawings and Luis Sacilotto presented a metal “concreción.” The flier provides a list of the prizewinning artists over the course of the preceding decade.