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Jesus-Rafael Soto

The color and the magnificence, just like the proportion and the figure, deduct of a single principle: the light.

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Jesús-Rafael Soto is born in Ciudad Bolivar (Venezuela) in 1922. First guitarist, he becomes a painter in words and film posters. The young man gets a scholarship, follows the course of Fine Arts in Caracas, teaches during a while in Maracaibo. He moves to Paris in 1950 and attends the conferences of the Abstract Art Workshop (Jean Dewasne, Edgard Pillet). In 1952, he works at the "Projet . . .

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Beyond works currently in stock, it seemed to me useful to combine business with pleasure by letting you discover others works by artists in my gallery. These artworks, now sold or removed from our website, have been in our stock in the past. These pages will undoubtedly make it possible for some of you to associate an image with its title or the other way round, for others it will be a good time to discover more on such and such artist. For the sake of confidentiality – the pieces being no longer available – we won't display neither their numbering or their price. For whatever reason, make sure to visit this amazing art database with to date 6441 online works just for your pleasure! Michelle Champetier

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Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Composition without title II
Composition without...
1969 Original screenprint, on verso signed and numbered inside the editor's stamp. A.R.C. Ed. Without
Screenprint poster de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Denise René - New York II
Denise René - New...
1974 Poster printed in screenprint for the exhibition of the artist at the Denise René Gallery, New York. Without
Screenprint poster de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Denise René - New York
Denise René - New...
1974 Poster printed in screenprint for the exhibition of the artist at the Denise René Gallery, New York. Without
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Composition without title I
Composition without...
1969 Original screenprint, on verso signed and numbered inside the editor's stamp. A.R.C. Ed. Without
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Bleu blanc rouge
Bleu blanc rouge
1988 Original screenprint, realized for Air France, signed and dedicated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Ecriture circulaire
Ecriture circulaire
1984 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the series "Milan". J-Soto 29
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Variante en el circulo
Variante en el...
1974 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the series "Araya". J-Soto 5
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Vibration inférieure
Vibration...
1990 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the series "Madrid". J-Soto 31
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Violeta y Tes
Violeta y Tes
1982 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the series "Bicentenaria". J-Soto 30
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : La banda Rosada
La banda Rosada
1980 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the series "Beaubourg". J-Soto 27
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Lila
Lila
1980 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the series "Beaubourg". J-Soto 28
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Burdeos
Burdeos
1980 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the series "Beaubourg". J-Soto 32
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Barcelone
Barcelone
1992 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist. Published for the hundredth anniversary of Olympics. Ed. of the Olympic Committee, Lausanne. Without
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Barcelona
Barcelona
1992 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist. Published for the hundredth anniversary of Olympics. Ed of the Olympic Committee, Lausanne. Without
Original signed screenprint de Soto Jesus-Rafael : Composition
Composition
Circa 1990 Original screenprint, signed in pencil by the artist. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Non réalisé à ce jour. All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Soto », catalogue d'exposition, Guy Brett, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1969
  • « Jesus-Rafael Soto », Marcel Joray, Ed. du Griffon, 1984
  • « Soto : Opere recenti », Smaini Luisa, Ed. Arnoldo Mondadori, 1991
  • « Jesus-Rafael Soto - Rétrospective », collectif, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1997
  • « Soto », Gérard-Georges Lemaire, Ed. de La Différence, Paris, 1997
  •  Soto, la dialéctica », Alexis Hernández Fonseca, Bancoex, Caracas, Venezuela, 2000
  • « Soto, y la escritura », N. Huerta, Ed. Ninoska Huerta, Caracas, Venezuela, 2000
  • « Jesus Soto y la filosofia », C. Silva, Ed. Durban Segnini Gall., Coral Gables, USA, 2001
  • « Jesus Soto en Maracaibo », J&Eme Editores, S.A., Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2003
  • « Jesus Soto in conversation with A. Gimenez », Ed. Fundacion Cisneros, 2012
To read from the artist :
  • « Jesús Soto », par C. Guibert, (couleur, 13 minutes), produit par IMAGO, 1997
  • « Jesus-Rafael Soto », Interview du 18 juillet, (video in jr-soto.com), 2003
Website :
www.jr-soto.com

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Mouvements de l'art

  • + OPTICAL ART / 1955-1968 / Nicolas Schöffer (cybernetic art), Larry Poons, Bridget Riley, etc.
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