Untitled (Spoglia d'oro su spine d'acacia [labbra])

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Untitled (Spoglia d'oro su spine d'acacia [labbra])

2001

Giuseppe Penone (Italian, born 1947)

Penone grew up in an agricultural region in the Italian Piedmont, and his early familiarity with mountains and forests has continued to affect his art. Part of a movement that since the late 1960s has sought to blur the distinctions between natural and man-made phenomena, he often includes organic elements in his works, such as tree trunks, branches, and leaves. Here he draws the thorns of the acacia tree.

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Object Details

Title:

Untitled (Spoglia d'oro su spine d'acacia [labbra])
(Skin of Gold on Acacia Thorns [Lips])

Date:

2001

Artist:

Giuseppe Penone (Italian, born 1947)

Medium:

Brush and black ink and red opaque watercolor on Asian paper, with black pigment transferred from lips onto adhered strips of pressure-sensitive translucent tape

Dimensions:

Sheet: 37 7/16 x 25 7/16 inches (95.1 x 64.6 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Marion Stroud Fund for Contemporary Art on Paper, 2003

Accession Number:

2003-91-1

Geography:

Probably made in France, Europe or Italy, Europe

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