Jesús Rafael Soto
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Artist Jesús Rafael Soto (Venezuelan, 1923–2005)Venezuelan, 1923–2005

CultureVenezuelan

Titles

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Untitled

Date1956

MediumPaint on Plexiglas and wood with screws

Dimensions21 3/4 × 21 7/8 × 13 in. (55.2 × 55.6 × 33 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2010.76

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 102

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceThe artist; Collection Sofia Imber; [Graphic CB2 Gallery, Caracas]; Manuel Vegas, Caracas; [Sicardi Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"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," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Postwar - Art between the Pacific and Atlantic 1945-1965," Haus der Kunst, Munich, October 14, 2016–March 26, 2017.

"Kinesthesia: Latin American Kinetic Art, 1954–1969," Palm Springs Art Museum, California, August 25, 2017–January 15, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in red ink on verso upper center: "74."

Signed in ink on verso upper center: "SOTO / DECEMBRE 56 (a)"

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