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![Roberto Burle Marx, mineral roof garden, Banco Safra headquarters, São Paulo, 1983 Roberto Burle Marx, mineral roof garden, Banco Safra headquarters, São Paulo, 1983](/content/dam/domusweb/en/news/2016/05/09/the_jewish_museum_roberto_burle_mark/domus_16_burle-marx.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
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Left: Roberto Burle Marx, Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, 1970. © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio, Rio de Janeiro. Right: Gardens of the Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro, 1938. Photo Cesar Barreto
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Roberto Burle Marx, Gardens of the Walter Moreira Salles residence, now the Instituto Moreira Salles, with Burle Marx’s azulejo tile wall and plantings around a fountain, 1951. Photo Cesar Barreto
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Roberto Burle Marx painting a tablecloth in the loggia of his home, 1980s; the azulejo tile walls and chandelier composed of fruit and flowers on a metal armature are his work. Photo Tyba
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Roberto Burle Marx, design for a mineral roof garden, Banco Safra headquarters, São Paulo, 1983, gouache on paper. © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio, Rio de Janeiro. Photo Cesar Barreto
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Roberto Burle Marx, design for the Minister’s Rooftop Garden, Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro, 1938, gouache on paper. © Burle Marx Landscape Design Studio, Rio de Janeiro
until 18 September 2016
Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist
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