Grande écriture, 1972

ArtistJesús Rafael Soto, Ciudad Bolívar 1923–2005 Paris

Wires, nylon threads, wood

(H x W x D)150 × 300 × 27 cm

Status

on display, room 033

About the workThe Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto trained at an art school in Caracas. In 1950 he moved to Paris, where he began to make kinetic installations from industrial and synthetic materials such as nylon and wire. This work – translated "The Great Writing" – belongs to the series "Écritures", which he began in 1962. The background is painted with vertical black and white stripes. In the foreground, Soto arranged geometric shapes – semicircles, curves and straight lines – made of wire. As the viewers move, an optical effect is produced in which everything seems to vibrate.

AccessionAcquisition 1972

Provenance[...]; 1972 angekauft von der Galerie Denise René / Hans Mayer, Krefeld

Inventory number0.1972.18

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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