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Jesús Rafael Soto ( 1923 – 2005 ) – hand-signed Screenprint – 1971
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Varese, IT
Screenprint in colors on paper, edited in 1971 limited edition of 175 copies signed in pencil by artist in lower right Edition: Denise Rene , with blindstamp image size: 42 × 42 cm s...
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1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Jesús Rafael Soto ( 1923 – 2005 ) – hand-signed Screenprint – 1971
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Varese, IT
Screenprint in colors on paper, edited in 1971 limited edition of 175 copies signed in pencil by artist in lower right Edition: Denise Rene , with blindstamp image size: 39 × 39 cm s...
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1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Ovalo Verde, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Jesus Rafael Soto
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jesus Rafael Soto, Venezuelan (1923 - 2005) Title: Ovalo Verde Year: circa 1980 Medium
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Jesús Rafael Soto ( 1923 – 2005 ) – Irritated Purple – hand-signed Screenprint
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Varese, IT
Screenprint in colors on paper, edited in 1971 limited edition signed in pencil by artist in lower right and numbered: 123/175 in lower left Edition: Denise Rene , with blindstamp im...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Jesús Rafael Soto ( 1923 – 2005 ) – Composition – hand-signed serigraphy – 1970
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Varese, IT
color serigraphy on paper, edited in 1970 limited edition signed in pencil by artist and numbered as: 169/190 in lower right paper size: 60 x 60 cm very good conditions, with strong ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Jesús Rafael Soto ( 1923 - 2005 ) - Composition - hand-signed serigraphy - 1970
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Varese, IT
color serigraphy on paper, edited in 1970 limited edition signed in pencil by artist and numbered as: 178/190 in lower right paper size: 60 x 60 cm very good conditions, with strong ...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Jesús Rafael Soto ( 1923 – 2005 ) – Composition – hand-signed serigraphy – 1970
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Varese, IT
color serigraphy on paper, edited in 1970 limited edition signed in pencil by artist and numbered as: 154/190 in lower right paper size: 60 x 60 cm very good conditions, with strong ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Ovalo en el Rojo Edition 78/110
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
Jesús Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan artist known for his kinetic sculptures and large-scale
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Untitled (from the Jai-Alai Series) 1969
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
‘SOTO, 31/300’ (on the base) published by Marlborough Gallery, New York. Jesús Rafael Soto was a
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Red Virtual Square Right
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
Jesus Rafael Soto "Red Virtual Square Right" 1981 Silkscreen on Bristol Board Ed 79 of 90 22 x
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1980s Kinetic Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Squares
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
Jesus Rafael Soto "Squares" 1969 Screenprint with collage 21 x 19 Ed 87 of 200 Jesús Rafael Soto
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Expo 60 - ARC Musee D'Art Moderne Ville De Paris
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Jesus Rafael Soto Expo 60 - ARC Musee D'Art Moderne Ville De Paris 1969
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1960s Kinetic Abstract Prints

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Mixed Media, Cardboard, Screen

Untitled (From the Sotomagie Portfolio), 1967
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
lower left and signed lower right Edition of 100 Jesús Rafael Soto was born on June 5, 1923, in Ciudad
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled (From the Sotomagie Portfolio), 1967
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Miami, FL
signed lower right Edition of 100 Professionally framed under Museum Glass Jesús Rafael Soto was born
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 63/145 70.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 27.56 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 44.30 cm. x 44.50 cm. 17.44 in. x 17.52 in. (image) The V...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Silk

Red virtual square on the right
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen, 1981 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 83/190 Catalog : [Prent 190] 60.00 cm. x 60.00 cm. 23.62 in. x 23.62 in. (paper) 46.00 cm. x 53.00 cm. 18.11 in. x 2...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Silk

Untitled (Black and Silver)
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Untitled Signed Serigraphy 110 / 200 Stamp from Denise René Editeur, Paris France.
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21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Jupiter 5 (Edition 5/295)
By Rafael Bogarin
Located in New York, NY
, in Tel Aviv, The Jesus Soto Museum of Modern Art, the collection of the OAS headquarters, in
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Blue and Red Spirals
Located in Long Island City, NY
of his time. Jesus Rafael Soto asked Alviani to be the director of the Jesus Soto Museum of Modern
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1960s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

ALCHIMIE & POESIE 2
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

ALCHIMIE & POESIE 2
ALCHIMIE & POESIE 2
H 12.6 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
ALCHIMIE & POESIE 3
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

ALCHIMIE & POESIE 3
ALCHIMIE & POESIE 3
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JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 12
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 12
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 12
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JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 8
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 8
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 8
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Développement de cercles et de carrés #25/50
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
modern art history. Upon arriving in Paris in 1958 he connected with Jesús Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz
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Late 20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Relation Couleur
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc. The animation of two-dimensional surfaces becoming the main object
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Relation Couleur
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc. The animation of two-dimensional surfaces becoming the main object
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Relation Couleur
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc. The animation of two-dimensional surfaces becoming the main object
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Relation Couleur
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
artists such as Jesús Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc. The animation of two-dimensional surfaces becoming
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Relation Couleur
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
artists such as Jesús Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc. The animation of two-dimensional surfaces becoming
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Alchimies
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
connected with Jesús Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Alchimies
Alchimies
H 255.91 in W 342.52 in D 0.04 in
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 10
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 10
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 10
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JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 11
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 11
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 11
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JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 9
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 9
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 9
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JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 6
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 6
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 6
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ALCHIMIE & POESIE 5
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

ALCHIMIE & POESIE 5
ALCHIMIE & POESIE 5
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JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 7
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 7
JULIO LE PARC : ALCHIMIE & POESIE 7
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ALCHIMIE & POESIE 4
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

ALCHIMIE & POESIE 4
ALCHIMIE & POESIE 4
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ALCHIMIE & POESIE
By Julio Le Parc
Located in LILLE, FR
modern art history. Upon arriving in Paris in 1958 he connected with Jesús Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz
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2010s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

ALCHIMIE & POESIE
ALCHIMIE & POESIE
H 12.6 in W 17.33 in D 1.19 in
Swiss Artist Large Color Symphony Silkscreen Serigraph Print Kinetic Op Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Baumgartner and Karl Gerstner, Max Bill and the Venezuelan Op artists like Cruz Diez and Jesus Rafael Soto, as
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20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Screen Print Poster Construction "Abstract Visions" Latin American Kinetic Art
By Perez Melero
Located in Surfside, FL
famous by artists: Carlos Cruz-­Diez, Jesús Rafael Soto, Eduardo Ramírez-Villamizar, César Paternosto
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Large Venezuelan Jewish Modernist Lithograph Menorah Judaica
By Marius Sznajderman
Located in Surfside, FL
, Mateo Manaure, Virgilio Trómpiz, Alirio Oramas, Dora Hersen, Alejandro Otero, Jesús Rafael Soto, Pascual
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Large Venezuelan Modernist Lithograph "The Balcony #3" Color Print
By Marius Sznajderman
Located in Surfside, FL
, Mateo Manaure, Virgilio Trómpiz, Alirio Oramas, Dora Hersen, Alejandro Otero, Jesús Rafael Soto, Pascual
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

“Three Movements" Limited Edition Hand-Signed Serigraph by Yaacov Agam, Framed
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Encino, CA
known for exhibiting the works of Yaacov Agam, Victor Vasarely, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Jesús Rafael
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1970s Kinetic Abstract Prints

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Screen

YAACOV AGAM - INFINITY TRANSPARENCY. Limited edition sculpture. Kinetic Op Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Jesús Rafael Soto, Alexander Calder or Jean Tinguely. His work is optical in nature but changes with
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2010s Op Art Abstract Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic Polymer

Large Latin American Blue Abstract Oil Painting Mexican Art Jose Gonzalez Veites
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas, 1923 – Paris, 2019), Jesus Rafael Soto (Ciudad Bolívar, 1923 – Paris 2005
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Large Spanish Contemporary Juan Suarez Abstract Bold Painting Triptych Group
Located in Surfside, FL
Hirschhorn, William Kentridge, Vik Muniz, Pablo Picasso, Ugo Rondinone, Jesus Rafael Soto, Juan Suárez
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Untitled, 1970 etching with embossing, edition of 95 37 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. (94.6 x
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Untitled
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Untitled, 1970 etching with embossing, edition of 95 37 x 37 in.
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Etching

Untitled
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Untitled, 1970 embossing with etching, edition of 95 37 x 37 in.
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Etching

Untitled (circles and lines)
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Circles and Lines, 1970 screenprint, edition of 95 37 x 37 in.
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Untitled (Variation en noir violet et bleu)
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Untitled (Variation en noir violet et bleu), 1970 etching with embossing, edition
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Etching

Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print B
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print B, 1969 screenprint on plexi, edition of 300 24 1/4
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Plexiglass, Screen

Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print C
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print C, 1969 screenprint on plexi, edition of 300 24 1/4
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Plexiglass, Screen

Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print D
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print D, 1969 screenprint on plexi, edition of 300 19 1/2
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Plexiglass, Screen

Screenprints A, B, C, D from the "Jai-Alai Series"
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Screenprints A, B, C, D on perspex (plexiglas) from the "Jai-Alai Series". Available individually or as a set, complete with portfolio. Edition of 300.
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Plexiglass

Jai-Alai Suite: Multiple IV
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jesús Rafael Soto Untitled (Jai-Alai no. 2), 1969 white and black wood with red metal bar, edition
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print A
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in New York, NY
Jai-Alai Suite: Screen Print A, 1969 screenprint on plexi, edition of 300 24 1/4 x 19 3/5 in.
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Plexiglass, Screen

Caroni
By Jesús Rafael Soto
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Published by Denise Rene. Publisher's blind stamp in the lower left corner.
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Silk

Caroni
H 33.08 in W 23.23 in
Sans Titre
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Sculpture Multiple (Plastic and Cardboard), signed and numbered 8.25 in. x 5 in. x 1.25 in. (20.96
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

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Other Medium

Sans Titre
H 7.09 in W 4.34 in D 0.99 in
Lygia Pape, 2011 Exhibition Poster, Juan March Foundation, Geometric Abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rafael Soto for the inauguration of his museum in his hometown , Bolivar City. Behind this exhibition is
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Offset

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