GEGO (1912-1994)
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ID 1426162
Lot 11 | GEGO (1912-1994)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
Untitled
bronze
21 ¼ x 24 ½ x 25 in. (54 x 62.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Executed in 1977.
Provenance
The artist
Fundación Gego, Caracas, 1995
Private collection, Caracas, 2004
Galería Elvira González, Madrid
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008
Literature
S. Imber, et al., Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Works from its Collection, Caracas, 1995, p. 78.
M. Nas, et al., Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic, Barcelona, 2000, p. 46.
I. Peruga, et al., Gego (1955-1990), Caracas, 2000, p. 57.
I. Peruga, et al., Gego (1955-1990): Una selección, Caracas, 2000, p. 39.
M. Amor, et al., Gego: Defying Structures, Porto, 2006, pp. 29, 72-74, 76-78, 80-81 and 147-148 (another from the series illustrated).
J.C. Palenzuela, Espacios re-dibujados: 50 años de abstracción en Venezuela, Caracas, 2006.
M. Amor, et al., Gego: Desafiando estructuras, Porto, 2006, pp. 29, 72-74, 76-78, 80-81 and 147-148 (another from the series illustrated).
F. Birbragher-Rozencwaig and M. C. Pérez, Embracing Modernity: Venezuelan Geometric Abstraction, Miami, 2010, pp. 16 and 74.
E. M. Froitzheim, et al., Gego: Line as Object, Hamburg, 2013, p. 39.
G. Gutiérrez-Guimaraes, et al., Gego: A linha emancipada, São Paulo, 2019, pp. 91 and 141-142.
S. Reisinger, et al., Gego: The Architecture of an Artist, Leipzig, 2022, p. 51.
Fundación GEGO, Catálogo razonado de Gego, Vol. I, online, FG-0127 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Venezuela, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Gego, September-October 1977.
Madrid, Galería Elvira González, En torno al círculo, January-March 2008.
Further Details
This work is registered in the artist's archives with reference number FG-0127. A certificate of authenticity from the Fundación Gego is forthcoming.
| Artist: | Gertrud Goldschmidt (1912 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South America, Venezuela |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Gertrud Goldschmidt (1912 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South America, Venezuela |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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