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Omar Rayo

Omar Rayo

1928–2010

WA-00029063

SculptureGeometric AbstractionOp Art

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

61

Works in Collection

122

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ2741987 ULAN500107510

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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A Museum Menagerie

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975–1976

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Printed, Cut, Folded, and Torn

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Manhattan Observed

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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London/New York/Hollywood: A New Look in Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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Paul J. Sachs Gallery Print Re-installation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Prints by Seventeen Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964–1965

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/omar-rayo
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4831
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Geometric Abstraction

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (61)

6ta Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano

6ta Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano

1983 · Color screenprint on white wove paper

71.8 × 50.8 cm (28 1/4 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Quiet (Tranquilo) from AGPA 73: Pan American Graphic Arts (AGPA 73: Artes gráficas panamericanas)

Quiet (Tranquilo) from AGPA 73: Pan American Graphic Arts (AGPA 73: Artes gráficas panamericanas)

1973 · Screenprint from a portfolio of 11 screenprints (one with embossing), seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with embossing), six lithographs (one with etching), five linoleum cuts (one with embossing), one engraving, and one intaglio with embossing

composition (irreg.): 23 5/8 × 11 13/16" (60 × 30 cm); sheet: 30 5/16 × 22 7/16" (77 × 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1969 · embossing

Cleveland Museum of Art

CANNED from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 3/16 x 6 1/4" (23.3 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

VISE from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio with stencil from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 11/16 x 5 3/4" (24.6 x 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 13/16 x 3 3/16" (24.9 x 8.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1967 · Portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

Museum of Modern Art

NAPKINS from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 1/16 x 6 1/16" (23 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

PUNCH-PIN from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio with stencil from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 10 1/8 x 4 9/16" (25.7 x 11.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

BULB from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 10 5/16 x 5 3/16" (26.2 x 13.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

LUNCH from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 3/4 x 5 9/16" (24.7 x 14.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

OPENERS from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 8 3/4 x 3 1/2" (22.2 x 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

HINGE from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 13/16 x 5 3/16" (24.9 x 13.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SALT from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 3/16 x 4 5/16" (23.3 x 11 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WHO IS IT from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

composition 9 5/16 x 5 11/16" (23.7 x 14.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

NAILS from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio with stencil from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

composition 9 1/4 x 5 9/16" (23.5 x 14.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Omar Rayo: New Tactile Prints at Associated American Artists, New York

1967 · Inkless intaglio

irreg composition 17 1/4 x 2 9/16" (43.8 x 6.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SCREW from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

irreg composition 9 1/2 x 4 5/8" (24.1 x 11.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio ETC

1967 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fourteen inkless intaglios, three with stencil

composition 7 11/16 x 5 3/16" (19.5 x 13.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Free-Fall

1966 · Charcoal and ink on paper

30 5/8 x 22 1/4" (77.5 x 56.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SCISSORS from the portfolio SOUVENIRS

plate 8 3/4 x 5 15/16" (22.3 x 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SAW from the portfolio SOUVENIRS

irreg plate 5 15/16 x 8 13/16" (15.2 x 22.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

BOTTOMS from the portfolio SOUVENIRS

1965 · Inkless intaglio with paper collage additions

irreg composition 8 3/8 x 5 1/8" (21.3 x 13 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SAFETY PIN from the portfolio SOUVENIRS

plate 8 5/8 x 1 3/8" (21.9 x 3.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

61 published of 118 catalogued · 54 with image

MoMA
57 publishedof 114 catalogued51 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Saw
1969 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Only for Winter (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements2

Geometric Abstraction Op Art

Collections3

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Heritage Auctions

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Market

Auction sale history

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