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Jesús Rafael Soto
Penetrable BBL Bleu1999-2007

Not on view
Large-scale installation sculpture: hundreds of cobalt blue vertical cords hang from a white steel rectangular frame inside a glass-roofed building
Artist or Maker
Jesús Rafael Soto
Venezuela, active Paris, 1923-2005
Title
Penetrable BBL Bleu
Date Made
1999-2007
Medium
Painted steel and suspended polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubes
Dimensions
Three size configurations: (1) 143 11/16 × 177 1/8 × 236 3/16 in. (365 × 450 × 600 cm) (2) 143 11/16 × 177 1/8 × 393 11/16 in. (365 × 450 × 1000 cm) (3) 143 11/16 × 177 1/8 × 551 1/8 in. (365 x 450 x 1400 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Ronald A. Belkin, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Willow Bay and Bob Iger, Colleen and Brad Bell, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Mary Solomon, Hana and Kelvin Davis, C. E. Horton, Ann Colgin and Joe Wender, Belldegrun Family Foundation, Inc., the Louis L. Borick Foundation, Andy and Carlo Brandon-Gordon, Mary and Daniel James, Janet Dreisen Rappaport, Nadine and Fredric D. Rosen, Florence and Harry Sloan, Susan and Eric Smidt, Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky, Wendy Stark Morrissey, and Surpik and Paolo Angelini through the 2020 Collectors Committee.
Accession Number
M.2020.162
Classification
Installation Art
Collecting Area
Latin American Art