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Untitled (Sliced Skull)

Artist Benjamin Kress (American, b. 1976)
Date2004
Dimensions12 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (31.4 × 24.4 cm) A-Red Skull
17 × 12 1/4 in. (43.2 × 31.1 cm) B-Blue Face
21 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (54.3 × 39.4 cm) C-Outer Skull
Classification(s)
  • SCULPTURE
Credit LineGift of Peter Norton
Object numberM.2015.17.22
DescriptionThree sheets of paper with slits cut in each to form strips. Bottom sheet is etching of a red skull, middle is a pen drawing of a face, top is a colored pencil drawing of a skull. Installed to form convex, 3-D shape on wall.
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceGolinko Kordansky Gallery
Exhibition History"Tapestry from an Asteroid," Golinko Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, 6/4/04-7/31/04
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