Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Apliqué de Reticulárea

Apliqué de Reticulárea

© Fundación Gego

Apliqué de Reticulárea
Apliqué de Reticulárea
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
  • Apliqué de Reticulárea
  • Reticulárea Wall Appliqué
Date1969
MediumIron and stainless steel wire, nylon, and lead weights
Dimensions25 3/16 × 13 3/8 × 15 3/4 in. (64 × 34 × 40 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, the 2007 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction, the Wortham Foundation, Jorge Raull, Vanessa J. Riley, Frank Ribelin, CITGO, and various donors in memory of Marisol Broido
Object number2009.22
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 312
Exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; Bárbara Gunz; sold to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"Questioning the Line: Gego, A Selection, 1955–90," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 17–May 19, 2002; Museo de Bellas Artes Caracas, 2002–2003.

"Gego," Museu Serralves, Porto, July 28–October 15, 2006; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), November 8, 2006–January 14, 2007.

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

"Arte latinamericano 1910–2010," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, September 21, 2011–March 5, 2012.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Gego: Line as Object," Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany, November 29, 2013–March 2, 2014; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, March 29–June 29, 2014; Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England, July 24–October 19, 2014.

"Cosmic Dialogues," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 14–August 23, 2015.

"Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016," Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, March 13–September 4, 2016.

"Line into Space," Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 2020–Present.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Paper string tag:"L 93 / CAJA 20 / Bárbara Gunz / Aplique de / reticulárea / Cat 235"

Paper string tag encased in plastic: "FUNDACION GEGO/MFAH / CP-0186-OT / Aplique de reticulárea, 1969"

Printed exhibition label on exterior of storage box: "Museo / De / Bellas Artes / Caracas / Exposicíon Cuestionando la línea. GEGO, una selección / 1955-1990 / Lugar Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston, USA> / Fechas 17/03/2002 - 19/05/2002 / Obra Gertrud Goldschmidt (GEGO) / Aplique de reticulárea, 1969 / Alambres de hierro y de acero inoxidabe, nylon y / 4 plomadas / ... / Coleccion Bárbara Gunz / Catalogo 235 / ... "

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Reticulárea
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1975
Stainless steel wire
2002.165
Esfera N° 8
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1977
Steel wire with metal leader sleeves
2008.332
Dibujo sin papel 85/12
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1985
Steel wire, thread, and leader sleeves
2005.355
Equiláteros
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2008
Stainless steel, lead, nylon, and electronic components
2009.1038
Sistema para Reticulárea 75 (System for Reticulárea 75)
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1975
Graphite on paper
2002.324
Autobiografía de una línea
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1965
Etching on folded and bound paper
2010.1738
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.7
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.10
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.11
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.9
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1963
Ink on paper
2010.1721.1-.11