Gregorio Vardanega
Développement d’un carré dans le nombre d’or

Développement d’un carré dans le nombre d’or

© Estate of Gregorio Vardánega, courtesy Sicardi Gallery, Houston

Développement d’un carré dans le nombre d’or
Développement d’un carré dans le nombre d’or
ArtistArgentinean, 1923–2007
CultureArgentinean
Titles
  • Développement d’un carré dans le nombre d’or
  • Development of a Square through the Golden Mean
Date1954–1960
Made inArgentina
MediumMetal, thread, various paints, and plexiglass
Dimensions27 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (69.9 × 40 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2011 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction and the Wortham Foundation in memory of Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr.
Object number2012.349
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 312
On view

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Department
Latin American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Buenos Aires, until 1959; transferred to artist studio, Paris, 1959; [Sicardi Gallery, Houston, April 2007]; sold to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, June 7 - September 27, 2009.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 16 September, 2012 - 6 January, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Artist signed and dated the object in 1960

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