Alejandro Otero
Coloritmo A2

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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

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 310

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCollection Waleska Belisario, Caracas 2004
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.

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: 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]

Catalogue raisonnéCRPR-5 Coloritmo A2 1956 Duco sobre madera 150.2 x 38.1 cm [Pages 84-85]

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