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Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Venezuelan, born Germany. 1912–1994 74 works online###Leer en español Figura emblemática de la abstracción en las décadas de 1960 y 1970 en Venezuela, Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) nació en 1912 en Hamburgo, Alemania, y en 1938 se graduó en ingeniería y arquitectura en la Universidad de Stuttgart.
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Provenance
The artist, Caracas.
1994 - 2000, Elizabeth Gunz, Caracas.
2000 - 2009, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York and Caracas, acquired from Elizabeth Gunz.
2009, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "Questioning The Line: Gego 1955 - 1990, A Selection", March 17 - May 19, 2002 and tour:
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, travelled as "Cuestionando la línea: Gego," México, June 21 - November 17, 2002.
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, travelled as "Cuestionando la línea: Gego," December 5 - February 16, 2003
Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, "Arte Contemporáneo Venezolano 1990-2004 en la Colección Cisneros", October 7, 2004 - January 30, 2005
MoMA, 4th Floor, Gallery 416, December 20, 2013 - January 12, 2015
MoMA Exh. #2389: "The Long Run", 4th Floor, Gallery 21, October 16, 2017 - April 2, 2018
MoMA Exh. #2451: "Touching the Void", Gallery 413, July 21, 2021 - May 9, 2022
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