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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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Fundación Gego, Caracas.
? - 2001, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York and Caracas, acquired from Fundación Gego.
2001, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
MoMA Exh. #1891: "New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings", October 25, 2001 - January 8, 2002.
El Museo del Barrio, New York, "MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art", March 4 - July 25, 2004.
MoMA Exh. #1938: "Drawing from the Modern, 1945 - 1975", Third Floor, March 25 - August 29, 2005.
MoMA Exh. #2022: "New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions," November 21, 2007 - February 25, 2008.
MoMA Exh. #2117. "Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions, 1940s to Now", The Michael H. Dunn Exhibition Gallery, May 5 - August 16, 2010.
The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, "Gego and Leufert: in dialog", October 2 - November 22, 2014.
MoMA Exh. #2389: "The Long Run", 4th Floor, Gallery 21, August 2, 2018 - January 31, 2019.
MoMA Exh. #2451: "2023: 4th Floor Collection" Gallery 413 (Touching the Void), July 10, 2023 - October 12, 2023
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