This typewritten letter from Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt, 1912–1994) to Delpre C.A. dated June 10, 1972 (specifically to the architecture firm Siso, Shaw and Associates) demonstrates Gego’s ability to succinctly and precisely describe a process and its results. Gego does not give a title to the work she discusses in the letter, but refers to it as “the work conceived by me”; perhaps she had not yet chosen a name for the work, dated 1972, that would eventually be called Cuerdas [Strings]. This large piece forms an integral part of the surrounding architecture; it is reproduced in the book Gego: Obra completa 1955–1990 [(Caracas: Fundación Cisneros, 2003), pp.132–33]. The technical description in that book reads as follows: Strings (environmental structure) / 1972 / Nylon and steel clamps / 18 x 17.5 x 22 m. / Centro Simón Bolívar Collection, Parque Central in Caracas. The essay “Gego. El prodigioso juego de crear” [Gego: The Prodigious Game of Creating] by Venezuelan curator Iris Peruga, a specialist in Gego’s work, is published in the aforementioned book (pp. 22–57). In it, Peruga writes: “Cuerdas [Strings] is a very special work that might be considered textile architecture. Conceived to enliven the central courtyard on to which one of the doors of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber of Caracas opens, it is connected to the buildings of Parque Central […] which also open on to that courtyard. Though the work is anchored on those buildings, it is free and largely autonomous […]” (p. 39). In note number four, at the margin of this paragraph, Peruga writes, “Gego used strings for this work because she received the commission only four months before the piece was produced. The warmth of this environment—with an ephemeral and precarious appearance due to the material used—contrasts with the imposing buildings around it.” Gego had wanted to install a large Reticulárea in this space, since she had “always dreamed of Reticuláreas between skyscrapers.” In fact, at the Fundación Gego there is a pencil sketch by Gego entitled Reticulárea Between Buildings II; thatsketch has been reproduced in publications on the artist, including: Josefina Manrique and María Elena Huizi (organizers) Sabiduras y otros textos de Gego / Sabiduras and Other Texts by Gego, a joint project of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Fundación Gego.The Parque Central Urban Complex is a housing, cultural, and commercial development that was built by the Venezuelan government in downtown Caracas. Construction ended in 2003; the complex contains two of the tallest skyscrapers in South America. The ground floors of the two skyscrapers house cultural institutions such as the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo of Caracas and the Museo de los Niños; their upper floors contain the offices of government agencies. The other buildings in the complex are residential. The project began in 1969, when engineer Carlos Delfino (of the Delpre C.A. construction company) presented the project to the president of the Centro Simón Bolívar during Rafael Caldera’s first administration. The proposal was to build an urban development between Avenida Lecuna and Avenida Bolívar. Construction on the six residential buildings began in 1970. The Torre Este [Eastern Tower] was finished in 1979, and the Torre Oeste [Western Tower] in 1984. Like other works by Gego found in public spaces and institutions—specifically environment-works or works that form an integral part of the surrounding architecture—Cuerdas [Strings] (1972) is in urgent need of restoration and maintenance.