The artist.
? - 1997, Atelier Cruz-Diez, Paris.
1997 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Atelier Cruz-Diez.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

Carlos Cruz-Diez Project for an Exterior Wall 1954-1965
- Medium
- Painted dowels and synthetic polymer paint on wood
- Dimensions
- 15 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 2 1/2" (40 × 55.2 × 6.4 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Carolina Rodríguez-Cisneros
- Object number
- 801.2016
- Copyright
- © 2022 Carlos Cruz-Diez / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Carlos Cruz-Diez has 9 works online.
- There are 2,408 paintings online.
Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, "Dynamic Oppositions: Venezuelan Abstract Constructive Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection", January 7, 1999 - December 3, 2001
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, "Geometric Abstraction, Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection / Abstracción Geométrica Arte Latinoamericano en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", March 3 - November 4, 2001
São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século XX em contexto. Colección Cisneros”, March 21 - June 16, 2002 and tour:
Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, July 11 - September 22, 2002
Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, "Geo-metrías. Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros", March 14 - May 19, 2003 and tour:
Montevideo, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales de Montervideo, July 3 - October 25, 2003
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, "Cruce de Miradas. Visiones de América Latina en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", August 2 - October 21, 2006
Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, "The Geometry of Hope. Latin american abstract art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", February 20 - April 22, 2007 and tour:
New York, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, September 12 - December 18, 2007
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, "Concrete Matters", February 24 - May 13, 2018
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