Willys de Castro Active Object 1961
- Medium
- Oil on canvas on wood
- Dimensions
- 59 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16" (150 x 4 x 4 cm) on artist's base 2 x 39 3/8 x 39 3/8" (5.1 x 100 x 100 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Kathy Halbreich
- Object number
- 78.2010
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Willys de Castro has 20 works online.
- There are 1,661 sculptures online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
5 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
5 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
6 other works identified
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The artist.
1996 - 2010, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Sylvio Nery da Fonseca, Escritório de Arte.
2010, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
MoMA Exh. #2103: "Painting and Sculpture Changes 2010", 4th Floor, gallery 26, added July 6 - August 23, 2010; 5th Floor, gallery 11, added November 23, 2010 - January 3, 2011
MoMA Exh. #2138: "Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011", 5th Floor, gallery 10, added January 5, 2011 - January 3, 2012
MoMA Exh. #2178: "Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012", 5th Floor, gallery 10, added March 16 - November 27, 2012
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, "La invención concreta. Collección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", January 22 - September 16, 2013
MoMA Exh. #2424: "Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift", 3rd Floor, 3 East, October 21, 2019 -
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