Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) Eight Squares 1961
- Medium
- Painted iron
- Dimensions
- 66 15/16 × 25 3/16 × 15 3/4" (170 × 64 × 40 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Gustavo Rodríguez-Cisneros
- Object number
- 813.2016
- Copyright
- © 2025 Fundación Gego
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) has 74 works online.
- There are 1,661 sculptures online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
Apr 15–Aug 13, 2017
7 other works identified
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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
Apr 15–Aug 13, 2017
7 other works identified
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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
Apr 15–Aug 13, 2017
8 other works identified
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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
Apr 15–Aug 13, 2017
12 other works identified
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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
Apr 15–Aug 13, 2017
8 other works identified
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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
Apr 15–Aug 13, 2017
11 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
6 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
3 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
2 other works identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
1 other work identified
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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 12, 2020
1 other work identified
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The artist.
2000 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased through Sonia Rojas, Caracas.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
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, "Inverted Utopias. Avant- Garden Art in Latin America", June 20 - September 12, 2004
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, September 12 - December 8, 2007
MoMA Exh. #2376: "Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction", 3rd Floor, The Edward Steichen Galleries, April 15 - August 13, 2017
MoMA Exh. #2424: "Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift", 3rd Floor, 3 East, October 21, 2019 - September 12, 2020
Mexico City, Museo Jumex, "Gego", October 19, 2022 - February 5, 2023 and tour:
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, March 31 - September 12, 2023
Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, November 7, 2023 - February 4, 2024
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