Il suo essere fino al 49 anno d'età in un'ora fantastica (His Being Until the 49th Year of Age in a Fantastic Hour)

1972

Giuseppe Penone

Artist, Italian, born 1947

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    frottage with graphite on canvas lined paper

  • Credit Line

    Glenstone in honor of Eileen and Michael Cohen

  • Dimensions

    image (scroll unrolled): 762 × 19.5 cm (300 × 7 11/16 in.)
    overall (scroll unrolled): 787.4 × 20.7 cm (310 × 8 1/8 in.)
    overall (scroll rolled): 7 × 24.5 cm (2 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.30.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, across bottom in black ink: Il suo essere fino al 49 anno d'età in un'ora fantastica 20/30 Giuseppe Penone 1972

Wikidata ID

Q76438759

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