Jesús Rafael Soto

Sidney Solomon, Détroit
Xippas Gallery, Athènes
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel

Paris, Galerie Denise René, Soto – de l'art optique à l'art cinétique,1967; catalogue, illustré

Marcel Joray, Michel Ragon, Michel Seuphor, Soto, Neuchâtel, Suisse, 1984

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. Are inherent to the artist's process : - a pinhead sized loss of paint located 4,5 cm from the lower right edge - 3 light scuffs located in the right red strip, only visible under close inspection Two artist's pinholes located in the center of the work are only visible under very close inspection. This work is in very good condition.
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signed and dated on the back; painted wood, metal rods and nylon threads. Executed in 1967.

Couverture de la revue Zero, Düsseldorf, no. 2, Octobre 1958

Ce qui m'intéresse, c'est la transformation de la matière. Prendre un élément, une ligne, un morceau de bois, de fer et le transformer en pure lumière... le transformer en vibrations. Une matière solide, la faire devenir aérienne, voilà ma préoccupation actuelle, de sorte qu'il n'y a pas seulement le mouvement, mais aussi la transformation des éléments. (Soto, entretien avec Carlos Diaz Sosa, "La Gran Pintura es Cosa de progreso Historico", El Nacional, Caracas, 1er août 1966)