The Bottle and the Lamp I
Catalogue
- Year
- 1947
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45 1/2 × 28 3/8" (115.6 × 72.1 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Alejandro Otero
Artist
Printmaking
Alejandro Otero was a Venezuelan artist and pioneering kinetic sculptor who worked in welded steel and painted aluminum to create large-scale abstract compositions that incorporated movement and light. Active from the 1940s onward, he developed a distinctive geometric language that merged European constructivism with a visual vocabulary rooted in Venezuelan landscape and architecture. His kinetic and optical works positioned him as a foundational figure in Latin American modernism during the postwar period.
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- Alejandro Otero
- Year
- 1947
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45 1/2 × 28 3/8" (115.6 × 72.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1947-M117111
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified