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Rafael Soriano

Associated Names
Rafael Soriano
Artist, Cuban, 1920 - 2015
The artwork features a collection of abstract shapes and lines against a reddish-brown background. A central structure with a conical top and a flat, disk-like body is present. This structure is supported by thin, elongated legs that rest on a rounded base. Extending horizontally from the top are two elongated, rod-like forms, each ending in a large, eyeball-like shape. Above, a small, illuminated circle is partially obscured by wispy clouds.

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On View
East Building, Mezzanine, Gallery E214

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1920-2015]; the Rafael Soriano Family Collection, Miami, FL.; purchased 2024 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2011

  • Raphael Soriano:Other Worlds within. A Sixty Year Retrospective, The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2011, no. 11

2017

  • Rafael Soriano: The Artists as Mystic-El artista como místico, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, and the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, 2017-2018, no. 26.

Inscriptions

lower right: SORIANO

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