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Model for Tomb for Frank O’Hara

Artist Siah Armajani (American, born Iran, 1939 - 2020)
Date2016
MediumPainted wood and concrete
DimensionsOverall: 24 × 24 × 24 inches (60.96 × 60.96 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Object number2024.67.2.1-4
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DescriptionThis is a model of two tables, one in front of the other, with the disassembled backs of chairs on top of them and what appears to be a black rectangular box that looks like a coffin with a slated lid. The tables sit within a square of a black base. Beneath the base is another black square base turned forty-five degrees. The polished concrete base beneath is turned another forty-five degrees, matching the angle of the first black square. The model and its bases rest on a concrete pedestal.Exhibition History

Siah Armajani, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, October 27–December 17, 2016.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by his wife, Barbara Bauer Armajani (1941–2024), Minneapolis, MN, 2020-2024;

Purchased from her by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.

Published References

Siah Armajani (New York: Alexander Gray Associates, 2016), 4, 38–9.

Copyright© Estate of Siah Armajani / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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