Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Property from an Important Private Collection, New York

Jesús Rafael Soto

Untitled (Estructura cinética de elementos geométricos)

Auction Closed

November 17, 06:59 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection, New York

Jesús Rafael Soto

1923 - 2005

Untitled (Estructura cinética de elementos geométricos)


acrylic on Plexiglas and wood 

29 1/4 by 29 1/4 by 12 1/4 in. 74.5 by 74.5 by 31 cm.

Executed in 1957. 

Private Collection, Caracas (acquired directly from the artist) 
Acquired from the above by the present owner 
Gaston Diehl, El arte moderno francés en Caracas, Caracas 1959, p. 29, illustrated 
Alfredo Boulton, Soto, Caracas 1973, p. 61, illustrated in color 
Uslar Pietri Arturo, Valores Humanos, No. 16, Caracas 1982, p. 243, illustrated in color 
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, 1661-1961 Pintura Venezolana, April - July 1961
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen; Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Soto: Retrospective Exhibition, November 1974 - November 1975, cat. no. 20, p. 68, illustrated in color
Madrid, Palacio de Velásquez, Soto, February - March 1982, p. 32, illustrated in color 
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Soto, June 1983, cat. no. 38
Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Soto Space Art, October - November 1985
London, Hayward Gallery, Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820-1980, May - August 1989 
Quito, Exedra Gallery, Soto, July - August 1995, n.p., illustrated in color