Double Transparency

Jesús Rafael Soto · 1956

This is Double Transparency — a painting by Soto, nineteen fifty-six. Oil on plexiglass and wood with metal rods and bolts — about 55 by 55 centimeters. In the picture, look for the clock and the bold stripes.

Medium Oil on plexiglass and wood with metal rods and bolts · Dimensions 21 5/8 × 21 5/8 × 12 5/8" (55 × 55 × 32 cm) · Credit Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Ana Teresa Arismendi

Hanging beside it in Gallery 410: Untitled (Fragment 1) from Fragments, Homage to Yves Klein

More by Jesús Rafael Soto here: Homage to Yves Klein, Displacement of a Luminous Element, Untitled, Olive and Black