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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 Arte y de Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica, "Ecos y contrastes. Arte contemporáneo en la Colección Cisneros", December 7, 2005 - February 25, 2006
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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