Artist
Giuseppe Penone (Italian, born 1947)Italian, born 1947
CultureItalian
Titles
- Spoglia d'oro (Stripped of Gold)
Date2001
MediumGold and plaster
Dimensions10 3/8 × 9 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (26.3 × 23.7 × 24.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Billie W. Mercer in memory of Gary Mercer
Object number2022.154.A,.B
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryGIUSEPPE PENONE: Ebbi, Avrò, Non ho, Paris: Marian Goodman Gallery, September 9–October 22, 2016
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Artist initials engraved at bottom right corner of gold leaf: GP [cursive]
Titled, signed and dated, carved along bottom edge of plaster base: Spoglia d’oro - Giuseppe Penone [cursive] 2001
Titled, signed and dated, carved along bottom edge of plaster base: Spoglia d’oro - Giuseppe Penone [cursive] 2001
Artist initials engraved at bottom right corner of gold leaf: GP [cursive]
Signed and dated, carved along bottom edge of plaster base: Giuseppe Penone [cursive] 2001
Signed and dated, carved along bottom edge of plaster base: Giuseppe Penone [cursive] 2001
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