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Bodys Isek Kingelez

( Congolese, 1948 )

Bel Atlas

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Materials:

coloured paper, coloured marker, watercolour, pen, pencil, paper board, pins, metallic foil paper, plastic ornament and straw on foamcore structure

Size Notes:

81.2 by 65.4 by 45cm., 32 by 25.75 by 17.75in.

Markings:

signed, titled and dated Aout 1989 (on the base); signed, inscribed and dated 26 Aout 1989 (on the underside of the base), coloured paper, coloured marker, watercolour, pen, pencil, paper board, pins, metallic foil paper, plastic ornament and straw on foamcore structure

Exhibited:

Munich, Berlin, Chicago, New York (Museum of Modern Art PS1), The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994, 2001- 2002, illustrated in the exh cat (Okwui Enwezor ed) p. 129, titled Bel Atlas/Grand Arche de la Défense à Paris; New York City, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams, 26 May 2018-1 January 2019, illustrated in colour in the catalogue, no. 8, p. 66

Provenance:

Diego Cortez Arte Ltd., New York ; Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998

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