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Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Venezuelan, born Germany. 1912–1994 74 works onlineA leading figure of Venezuelan abstraction of the 1960s and 1970s, Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1912, and graduated with a degree in engineering and architecture from the University of Stuttgart in 1938.
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Provenance
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1999 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Christie's, New York, Contemporary, Sale 9228, lot 22.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
Caracas, Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional, "La Invención de la Continuidad", May and August, 1997
São Paulo, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, "XXIII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo", October 1996 - January 1997
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, "Gego 1955-1990", November 2000 - April 2001
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, “Versiones del sur. Heterotopías. Medio Siglo sin - lugar: 1918-1968", December 12, 2000 - February 27, 2001
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "Questioning The Line: Gego 1955-1990, A Selection", March 17-May 19, 2002 and tour:
Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, June 21-November 17, 2002
Mexico City, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, December 5, 2002 - February 16, 2003
Barcelona, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Barcelona, "Gego: Defying Structures", October 31, 2006 - January 14, 2007
MoMA Exh. #2389: "The Long Run", 4th Floor, The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Painting and Sculpture Galleries, November 11, 2017 - removed February 5, 2019
MoMA Exh. #2424: "Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift", 3rd Floor, 3 East, October 21, 2019 - September 12, 2020
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