Jannis KounellisUntitled 1979

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Artist
Jannis Kounellis (born 1936)
Title
Untitled
Senza titolo
Date 1979
MediumCharcoal, paper, arrows and stuffed birds
Dimensionsdisplayed: 3600 x 5000 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Purchased 1983
Reference
T03796

Catalogue entry

T03796 Untitled 1979

Wall drawing, two impaled stuffed birds and five charcoal drawings on paper; height of birds 25 (63) and 17 (43), dimensions of drawings each 27 3/4 × 39 1/4 (70.3 × 100); overall dimensions variable
Not inscribed
Purchased from Galleria Christian Stein, Turin (Grant-in-Aid) 1983
Exh: Jannis Kounellis, Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, October–November 1979 (no catalogue); Kounellis, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, April–June 1980 (not listed in catalogue, repr. in col.(30)); Jannis Kounellis, Musei Comunali Sale d'Arte Contemporanea, Rimini, June–September 1983 (117, repr.); New Art at the Tate Gallery 1983, September–October 1983 (not numbered in catalogue, repr. p… (read more)

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