Living Contemporary 
26 April 2012
Living Contemporary 
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Jesús Rafael Soto 1923–2005

Mural a Tres Columnas

1969
painted wood, aluminum, painted aluminum, nylon wire 80½ h × 60 w × 31 d in (204 × 152 × 79 cm)
estimate: $350,000–450,000
result: $410,500
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Signed, titled and dated to the reverse 'Mural A Tres Columnas Soto 1969'. This work is unique.
provenance: Hokin Gallery, Chicago | Private collection

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Jesús Rafael Soto 1923–2005

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Jesús Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan sculptor and painter whose optical art blurred the lines between reality and illusion. He received a scholarship to attend the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Artes Aplicadas in Caracas from 1942 to 1947 where he met fellow students Carlos Cruz-Diez and Omar Carreño. He then served as the director of the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Maracaibo, Venezuela until 1950. The same year he moved to Paris and became associated with the New Realists, later his work was exhibited at the Galerie Denise René in the groundbreaking exhibition “Le Mouvement” alongside works by kinetic artists including Yaacov Agam, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Tinguely, and Victor Vasarely.

Auction Results Jesús Rafael Soto

Jesús Rafael Soto

Escritura (from the Serie Sintesis)

estimate: $7,000–9,000

result: $22,860

Jesús Rafael Soto

Vibración

estimate: $5,000–7,000

result: $20,000

Jesús Rafael Soto

Vibrations Metalliques

estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $20,000

Jesús Rafael Soto

Structure Cinétique (Sotomagie)

estimate: $15,000–20,000

result: $18,750

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