Artist
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) (Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994)Venezuelan, born Germany, 1912–1994
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Autobiografía de una línea
- Autobiography of a Line
Date1965
MediumEtching on folded and bound paper
DimensionsOpen: 10 1/4 × 60 in. (26 × 152.4 cm)
Closed: 10 5/8 × 4 7/8 × 3/8 in. (27 × 12.4 × 1 cm)
Closed: 10 5/8 × 4 7/8 × 3/8 in. (27 × 12.4 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2010.1738
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"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 on recto right edge: 2/5 (signature) / 1969
Inscribed in ink on end-pieces AUTOBIOGRAFIA DE UNA LINEA
Inscribed in ink on end-pieces AUTOBIOGRAFIA DE UNA LINEA
signed in pencil very faint on last folded edge: Gego / 69
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Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1969
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Weaving of blue wove paper and offset lithograph on wove paper
2010.1717
