Giuseppe Penone
Spoglia d'oro (Stripped of Gold)

Spoglia d'oro (Stripped of Gold)

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Spoglia d'oro (Stripped of Gold)
Spoglia d'oro (Stripped of Gold)
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
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Marian Goodman Gallery, New York]; Gary Houston; Billie W. Mercer, Houston; given to the MFAH, 2022
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

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
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