Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai, 1969
Images of Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai

Jai-Alai, 1969
Screenprint on Plexiglas
Dimensions vary
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Steven Sohacki, 1979.20.2
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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- Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai, 1969
- Short A screen print of red, yellow, black, white, and gray rectangles and squares of different sizes are arranged in various perpendicular orientations.
- Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai, 1969
- Short A rectangular screen print with a dark background is divided into two smaller rectangles that contrast with each other intensely. The rectangle on the right contains a pattern of curves taken from the color of the rectangle on the left.
- Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai, 1969
- Short A rectangular grid of squares contains three bands of squares: the center horizontal strip is a blue grid on a gray background, the top and bottom grids are gray on a black background. The varying colors convey an illusion of negative space.
- Short A grid of squares is divided into three sections: the top and bottom two rows are black squares on gray, and the center has two rows of gray squares on a bright blue horizontal strip.
- Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai, 1969
- Short A head-on view of a tall plexiglass sculpture shaped like a thin rectangle stands perpendicular to the ground. At the bottom of the sculpture is a black square striped with thin white stripes, resembling an air vent.
- Long Affixed to the top of the sculpture is a small translucent plank from which hangs many thin strings. At the end of these strings are a variety of thin blue and black sticks hanging at various jaunty angles. They resemble the childhood game of pick-up-sticks. Due to the translucent nature of the sculpture, the sticks on the other side of the plank are visible as well, creating an interesting dimensionality.
- Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai, 1969
- Short A sculpture shaped like a tall, thin rectangle is a vivid shade of yellow. The bottom quarter of the sculpture is translucent and striped with thin black stripes.
- Long Affixed to the top of the sculpture is a small white plank from which hangs many thin strings. At the end of these strings are a variety of thin sticks in shades of yellow and gray hanging at various jaunty angles. They resemble the childhood game of pick-up-sticks.
- Jesús Rafaël Soto, Jai-Alai, 1969
- Short A tall rectangular sculpture is divided into two smaller rectangles, one white and one with thin black-and-white vertical stripes. A red line diagonally bisects the middle of the sculpture.