Artist
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) (Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994)Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Tejedura 88/11
- Weaving 88/11
Date1988
MediumWeaving of electrostatic print, offset lithograph, plastic film, and silver gelatin print
Dimensions7 5/16 × 6 11/16 in. (18.5 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2010.1716
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Light, Transparent and Almost Something: The anti-heroic calling in contemporary art," Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain, October 14, 2008–January 11, 2009.
"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
Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "FG-0070-0B"
Marked in pencil on verso center and on recto lower right: "TEJ 88/11 / (signature)"
Marked in pencil on verso center and on recto lower right: "TEJ 88/11 / (signature)"
Signed in pencil on verso center: "GeGo 88"
signed in pencil on recto lower right: "GeGo 88"
signed in pencil on recto lower right: "GeGo 88"
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Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1990
Weaving of blue wove paper and offset lithograph on wove paper
2010.1717
