Untitled

1974

Giuseppe Penone

Associated Names
Giuseppe Penone

Artist, Italian, born 1947

The image shows a grid of four square sections bordered by metallic lines that form a cross shape in the center. The composition features forms resembling body parts integrated into the corners and edges of the grid segments. In the top left square, a shape curls around the edge. In the bottom left square, a similar object protrudes. The right side of the grid displays other body part-like shapes. The use of fragmented body parts juxtaposed with geometric frames creates an interplay between organic forms and rigid structure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    4 gelatin silver prints in aluminum frames

  • Credit Line

    Glenstone in honor of Eileen and Michael Cohen

  • Dimensions

    image (each): 49.6 × 49.6 cm (19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
    framed (each): 50.5 × 50.5 × 2 cm (19 7/8 × 19 7/8 × 13/16 in.)
    overall: 101.6 × 101.6 × 2.54 cm (40 × 40 × 1 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.30.59.a-d

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eileen and Michael Cohen, New York; NGA purchase (through Zwirner & Wirth, New York), 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2011

  • Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1965-1977, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2011 - 2012, unnumbered catalogue.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

on side of upper right frame, incised: Giuseppe Penone 1974 7/12

Wikidata ID

Q64154318

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