The artist.
[Alfredo Boulton, Caracas, acquired from the artist]
? - September 1997, Sylvia Boulton, Caracas, inherited from Alfredo Boulton.
September 1997 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased from Sylvia Boulton.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Jesús Rafael Soto Pre-penetrable 1957
- Medium
- Painted iron
- Dimensions
- 65 3/16 × 49 5/8 × 33 7/16" (165.5 × 126 × 85 cm)
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Federica Rodríguez-Cisneros
- Object number
- 873.2016
- Copyright
- © 2025 / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Jesús Rafael Soto has 33 works online.
- There are 1,672 sculptures online.
Caracas, Galería de Arte Nacional, "Arte Tridimensional en Venezuela: Técnicas, materiales y tratamiento del espacio. Homenaje a Alejandro Colina", November 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
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
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