- Artist
- Jesus Rafael Soto 1923–2005
- Original title
- Piège de lumière
- Medium
- Wood, nylon and printed paper
- Dimensions
- Object: 470 × 298 × 131 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Transferred from the Victoria & Albert Museum 1983
- Reference
- T03770
Catalogue entry
T03770 Light Trap 1965
Construction of wood and nylon with printed paper 18 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 5 3/8 (470 × 298 × 131)
Not inscribed
Transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1983
Prov: Purchased by the Department of Circulation, Victoria and Albert Museum, from Signals London, 1966 (Circ. 140–1966)
Exh: Travelling exhibitions of the Department of Circulation, Victoria and Albert Museum
Previously listed in error at the Victoria and Albert Museum as ‘Spiral Relief’, this is a reproduction of a 1964 construction by Soto titled ‘Piège de Lumière’ which he published with Editions MAT as a multiple. In the original the background lines are white on black, and in the multiple they are black on white.
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1986
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