Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) Weaving 89/21 (Tejedura 89/21) 1989

  • MoMA, Floor 3, 3 East The Robert B. Menschel Galleries
Medium
Cut-and-woven paper
Dimensions
9 × 8" (22.9 × 20.3 cm)
Credit
Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Jeanne Collins
Object number
820.2016
Copyright
© 2025 Fundación Gego
Department
Drawings and Prints
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

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