Artist
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)(Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994)Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Tejedura 90/27
- Weaving 90/27
Date1990
MediumWeaving of blue wove paper and offset lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions7 7/8 × 7 1/2 in. (20 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.1717
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.
"The Imminence of Poetics," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, September 4–December 9, 2012.
"Gego: Incidental Materialism," Dominique Lévy Gallery, New York, September 9–October 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil recto lower center: 90/27
Inscribed in pencil verso mount, center: 90/27 / TEJ-ZZ
Inscribed in pencil verso mount, lower left: OVA 90-27 MBA# 991
Inscribed in pencil verso mount, center: 90/27 / TEJ-ZZ
Inscribed in pencil verso mount, lower left: OVA 90-27 MBA# 991
Signed in pencil recto lower center: GeGo
Signed in pencil verso mount, center: GeGo 90
Signed in pencil verso mount, center: GeGo 90
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