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  • Artist Biography

    Jesús Rafael Soto

    Venezuelan • 1923 - 2005

    Jesús Rafael Soto was born in Ciudad Bolívar and studied at the School of Visual and Applied Arts in Caracas. During this period he became acquainted with Los Disidentes, a group of artists that included Alejandro Otero and Carlos Cruz-Diez. In addition to his fellow compatriots, Soto’'s work was influenced by Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian.

    The main artistic tenets evinced in Soto's works are pure abstraction, vibrations, progressions and geometric rigor. They can be seen through the use of lines and superimposed squares in his sculptures, made with paint and a series of industrial and synthetic materials. He spent much time in Europe, becoming a key member of the Group Zero movement, which included such artists as Lucio Fontana, Gunther Uecker and Yves Klein. As a result, Soto's work also incorporates modernist concepts such as light, time, movement, color manipulation and space. All of these facets place him as an important figure within the Kinetic and Op Art movements.

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Untitled (Lettre du Venezuela)

2001
Screenprinted multiple, on Plexiglas and card, lacking the accompanying booklet Lettre du Venezuela.
7 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 in. (18.1 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm)
Signed and numbered 103/280 in pencil on the reverse, published by Editions Jannink, Paris.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500 

Sold for $2,016

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Editions Southampton

New York Auction 25 June 2022