Artist
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) (Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994)Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994
PrinterPrinted by
Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. (Los Angeles)Los Angeles
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Negro (Tamarind 963)
- Black (Tamarind 963)
Date1963
MediumLithograph on paper, edition 10/20
Dimensions18 × 15 1/8 in. (45.7 × 38.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2010.1726
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Cosmic Dialogues," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 14–August 23, 2015.
Prints & Drawings Permanent Collection Rotation, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 5, 2022–January 29, 2023.
"Celebrating Tamarind Institute at 62," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Jan. 8, 2022-Jan. 29, 2023 [Third Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil recto lower right: 10/20 [signature] 63
Insceribed in pencil on verso lower right: FMBA686
Insceribed in pencil on verso lower right: FMBA686
Embossed recto lower left: GEGO
Embossed Tamarind printer stamp recto lower right and GR [overlapping]
Embossed Tamarind printer stamp recto lower right and GR [overlapping]
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1966
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2010.1727
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