Nella ascelle delle spine le gemme, sulle punta delle spine la pelle (Buds in the Crooks of Thorns, Flesh at the Tips of the Thorns)

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Nella ascelle delle spine le gemme, sulle punta delle spine la pelle (Buds in the Crooks of Thorns, Flesh at the Tips of the Thorns)

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 manmade phenomena, he often includes organic elements in his works, such as tree trunks, branches, and leaves. Here the artist draws with exquisite precision a budding acacia branch placed beneath thorn-pierced imprints of the palm and back of his hand.

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Object Details

Title:

Nella ascelle delle spine le gemme, sulle punta delle spine la pelle (Buds in the Crooks of Thorns, Flesh at the Tips of the Thorns)

Date:

2001

Artist:

Giuseppe Penone (Italian, born 1947)

Medium:

Graphite and black ink with a powdery medium transferred from the artist's hand onto translucent tape, on Japanese paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 37 5/16 x 25 3/16 inches (94.8 x 64 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund, 2003

Accession Number:

2003-92-1

Geography:

Probably made in France, Europe Probably made in Italy, Europe

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