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Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt) (1912-1994)
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt)
- Dibujo sin papel
- metal wire and thread construction
- 35 7/8 by 34 in.
- 90.4 by 86.3 cm
- Executed in 1985.
Provenance
Eugenio Espinosa (acquired from the artist circa 1987)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, November 20, 2000, lot 53, illustrated in color
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, May 23, 2012, lot 33, illustrated in color
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, November 20, 2000, lot 53, illustrated in color
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, May 23, 2012, lot 33, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is ready to hang. The overall structure is stable and secure.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"Gego's invention could hardly have been more artisanal. But while seeming at first glance to have removed only paper from the process of drawing, she also removed what in the context of gesturalism has been called the mind in the hand, thereby eliminating gestural drawing's implicit author and subject. Gego could hardly have made drawings that were less anthropomorphic, yet less a record of the artist's presence. By this means her Drawings without Paper are simultaneously drawings without a body."
Robert Storr in Mari Carmen Ramirez in Entre la Transparencia y lo Invisible, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2005, p. 91