Coloritmo A2
Artist
Alejandro Otero(Venezuelan, 1921–1990)Venezuelan, 1921–1990
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Coloritmo A2
Date1956
MediumDuco paint on wood
Dimensions59 1/16 × 14 15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (150 × 38 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineFundación Privada Allegro Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.352
Non exposé
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Fundación Privada Allegro, 2004 - 2021
Exhibition HistoryFundación de Arte Nacional, Caracas
O espaço ressonante. Os coloritmos de Alejandro Otero (El espacio resonante. Los coloritmos de Alejandro Otero), Pinacoteca del estado de São Paulo, Brasil, September 3, 2012 – January 6, 2013.
Géométries Sud, du Mexique à la Terre de Feu, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain París, October 14, 2018 – February 24, 2019.
El juego del arte. Pedagogías, arte y diseño, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, March 22, 2019 – June 23, 2019.
Published References The work is published in the following: Pamphlet: Pinacoteca del estado de São Paulo, Brasil, O espaço ressonante. Os coloritmos de Alejandro Otero, September 3, 2012 – January 6, 2013 (Coincides with the 30th Bienal de São Paulo). Carvajal, Rina. Resonance Space, The Colorhythms of Alejandro Otero. Italy: 5 Continents Editions, 2014, pg. 98. Catalogue Fundación Juan March, Madrid, El juego del arte. Pedagogías, arte y diseño, pg. 383 – 414. Otero Rodríguez, Alejandro, Schlageter J. I. Parra, D R. A. Romero, Lourdes Blanco, and Ernesto J. Guevara. Los Coloritmos de Alejandro Otero: Catálogo razonado, 2018, pg. 84-85 – 415. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: Inscribed in blue top center: Como regalo de cumpleaños, / a Waleska porque creo que sabia / hacer comprension del arte y la / creación de la mente. / [illegible signature] / Dec. 26, 1990. [cursive]
Verso: Signed and dated in black paint, top center: Alj Otero / 56 / boceto 12-2-56 [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in blue top center: Como regalo de cumpleaños, / a Waleska porque creo que sabia / hacer comprension del arte y la / creación de la mente. / [illegible signature] / Dec. 26, 1990. [cursive]
Verso: Signed and dated in black paint, top center: Alj Otero / 56 / boceto 12-2-56 [cursive]
Verso: Signed and dated in black paint, top center: Alj Otero / 56 [cursive]
Recto: [none]
Verso: Fundacion Galeria de Arte Nacional paper label adhered top center
Verso: Title stenciled in black and red paint, top center: "COLORITMO [black] A2" [red]
Verso: Fundacion Galeria de Arte Nacional paper label adhered top center
Verso: Title stenciled in black and red paint, top center: "COLORITMO [black] A2" [red]
Catalogue raisonnéCRPR-5
Coloritmo A2
1956
Duco sobre madera
150.2 x 38.1 cm
[Pages 84-85]
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