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Línea continua [Continuous Line]

Primary (Rosario, Argentina, 1926–San Justo, Argentina, 2013)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Datecirca 1950
MediumStainless steel
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 × 11 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (24.4 × 29.8 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Judy S. and Charles W. Tate, 2016
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number2016.106
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, C3 - Lowe Foundation Gallery
Label Text
Enio Iommi joined the Association of Concrete Art and Invention as a teenager and participated in its activities until the group dissolved in 1950. Línea continua exemplifies three key aspects of Iommi’s work: the rational approach to geometry promoted by the Association, a fascination with shaping space, and the use of newly available industrial materials. Here Iommi made a loose knot from stainless steel rod to convey the sense of an endless Möbius strip moving through three-dimensional space.
Exhibitions
Waltercio Caldas
2004
Object number: 2019.91
Untitled (from Picturing Paradise, InSite2000)
Valeska Soares
2001
Object number: 2019.6.a-b
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Jim Love
1993
Object number: 2017.738
Lariana Chair
Giuseppe Terragni
1936
Object number: 1987.133
Kevin Beasley
2019
Object number: 2020.78
Jean (Hans) Arp
not dated
Object number: 1984.6
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Unknown Artist
1950-1966
Object number: 1984.7
Líneas [Lines]
Gego
1966
Object number: 2018.88
30 minutos de linea, 3746 posibilidades, 255 intersecciones
Ernesto Ballesteros
2001
Object number: 2010.10
Saltarín [Pogo Stick]
Dario Escobar
2000
Object number: 2007.27
Untitled (chair)
Patrick Vilaire
n.d.
Object number: 2001.1