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Provenance
The artist.
[Estate of Alfredo Boulton, Caracas]
? - 1990, Stanley Ellis, Caracas, inherited from Alfredo Boulton.
1990 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased from Stanley Ellis.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, "Retrospectiva de Alejandro Otero", April 1990
Sevilla, Estación Plaza de Armas, "Artistas Latinoamericanos del siglo XX", October - August 1992 and tour:
Paris, Musée National D'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, November 1992 - January 1993
Cologne, Kunstalle Cologne Jahrhundert, February - April 1993.
New York, The Museum of the Modern Art, June 6 - September 7, 1993
Caracas, Galería de Arte Nacional, "Otero, Soto, Cruz-Diez, Tres Maestros del Abstraccionismo en Venezuela y su Proyección Internacional", October 16, 1994 - January 15, 1995
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, "Geometric Abstraction, Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection / Abstracción Geométrica Arte Latinoamericano en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", March 3 - November 4, 2001
São Paulo, Museo de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século XX em contexto. Colección Cisneros ", March 21 - June 16, 2002 and tour:
Rio de Janeiro, Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, July 11 - September 22, 2002
Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, "Geo-metrías. Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros", March 14 - May 19, 2003 and tour:
Montevideo, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, July 3 - October 25, 2003
Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, "Arte Abstracto, cruzando líneas desde el sur", March 30 - May 27, 2005
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. #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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