Artist
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)(Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994)Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Sin título (Tamarind 1853)
- Untitled (Tamarind 1853)
Date1966
MediumLithograph on paper
Dimensions22 1/4 × 22 in. (56.5 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.1728
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Questioning the Line: Gego, A Selection, 1955–90," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 17–May 19, 2002.
"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil recto lower right: (signature) 1/20
Inscribed in pencil verso lower edge: GLit-LPA-66 1853 1/20 MBA 715
Inscribed in pencil verso lower edge: GLit-LPA-66 1853 1/20 MBA 715
Signed in pencil on recto lower right: Gego over an impressed stamp GEGO / 66
Printer/publisher ? impressed stamp on recto lower right
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Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1966
Lithograph on paper, edition 20/20
2010.1727
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Monotype on Japanese mulberry paper with tiny perforations
2010.1735
