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Artworks
Giuseppe Penone
Struttura del tempo (Structure of time), 1992terracotta and wood69.9 x 353 x 73.7 cmGiuseppe Penone’s sculpture is inspired by the search for an equal relationship between man and material. Intertwining man, nature and culture this work alludes to a deep time where everything...Giuseppe Penone’s sculpture is inspired by the search for an equal relationship between man and material. Intertwining man, nature and culture this work alludes to a deep time where everything - be it wood or a human body - is fluid and things coexist in a reciprocal action.Provenance
- Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris
- Private collection, Paris, acquired in 1992
- Christie’s London, 15/02/2012 (lot 24) “A Way of Thinking, Works from An Important Private Collection”
- Private collection, London
Exhibitions
- Giuseppe Penone, Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand–Dessert, Paris, 5 September - 10 October, 1992
- Prehistory, a modern enigma, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 8 May - 16 September, 2019
Literature
- Giuseppe Penone: La Structure du Temps, Château d'Annecy, 1993 (illustrated in colour, pp. 73, 75)
- Giuseppe Penone: Die Adern des Steins, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, 1997 (illustrated, pp. 247-248, 250)
- Giuseppe Penone, Respirer l’Ombre, École nationale supérieure des beaux -arts, Paris, 2004 (illustrated, p. 165)
- Giuseppe Penone, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2004 (illustrated, pp. 208, 209)
- Giuseppe Penone: Sculture di Linfa, 52a Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte, Italian Pavilion, Venice, 2007 (illustrated, pp. 122-123)
- Giuseppe Penone, Mercatorfonds, Brussels, 2012 (illustrated, pp. 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329)
- Prehistory, a modern enigma, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2019 (illustrated, pp.246-247)
