Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Apliqué de Reticulárea

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Artist Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) (Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994)Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994

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, 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

On view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

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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