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Bichos and Bichitos: The Art of Gego

Bichos and Bichitos: The Art of Gego

The dates and cities stamped on artist Gego’s passport read like a readymade, some Duchampian object in which many parts of her story are implied without needing to be stated outright. She was born Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt in Hamburg, Germany, in 1912, and fled the country in…