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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.
? - 1990, Galería Sotavento, Caracas.
1990 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York and Caracas, purchased through Galería Sotavento.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
Galería Sotavento, Caracas, "Tejeduras Gego", October 1990
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, "Gego 1955–1990", November 2000 - April 2001
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, "Questioning The Line: Gego 1955-1990, A Selection", March 17 - May 19, 2002 and tour:
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico, travelled as "Cuestionando la línea: Gego," June 21 - November 17, 2002;
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, travelled as "Cuestionando la línea: Gego," December 5, 2002 - February 16, 2003
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, "Geo-metrías: Abstracción Geométrica Latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros", March 14 - May 19, 2003 and tour:
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales de Montervideo, Montevideo, July 3 - October 25, 2003
Museo de Arte y de Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica, "Ecos y contrastes: Arte contemporáneo en la Colección Cisneros", December 7, 2005 - February 25, 2006 and tour:
Museo de Arte del Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, March 30–June 11, 2006
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, "Cruce de Miradas. Visiones de América Latina en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", August 2 - October 21, 2006
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Nouvel Building, ground floor, "Concrete Invention: Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection", January 23 – September 16, 2013
MoMA Exh. #2424, "Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction―The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift", 3rd Floor, East Gallery, [The Robert B. Menschel Galleries], October 21, 2019 - October 2, 2020
MoMA Exh. #2589: "Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction", April 20, 2025 - September 13, 2025
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