Jesús Rafael Soto
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Artist Jesús Rafael Soto(Venezuelan, 1923–2005)Venezuelan, 1923–2005

CultureVenezuelan

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Untitled

Date1959

MediumPainted wood and metal on canvas

Dimensions39 3/4 × 39 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (101 × 100 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2004.2213

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 102

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Société D'Art Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Ebouard Loeb), Paris]; Sarabel Florsheim, 1968–2004; [Sotheby's, New York, November 16–17, 2004, no. 57]; sold to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 13, 2005–January 2, 2006.

"Constructing Abstraction: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.

"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

"Arte latinamericano 1910–2010," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, September 21, 2011–March 5, 2012.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 28, 2018–January 21, 2019.

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