Tomb for Frank O’Hara
Artist
Siah Armajani
(American, born Iran, 1939 - 2020)
Date2016
MediumPainted wood
DimensionsOverall: 54 × 103 × 65 inches (137.16 × 261.62 × 165.1 cm)
.1 (large table w/chairs): 53 1/2 × 59 3/4 × 43 1/4 inches (135.89 × 151.77 × 109.86 cm)
.2 (small table w/chair): 53 1/2 × 43 × 32 inches (135.89 × 109.22 × 81.28 cm)
.3 (coffin): 10 3/4 × 77 × 18 inches (27.31 × 195.58 × 45.72 cm)
.1 (large table w/chairs): 53 1/2 × 59 3/4 × 43 1/4 inches (135.89 × 151.77 × 109.86 cm)
.2 (small table w/chair): 53 1/2 × 43 × 32 inches (135.89 × 109.22 × 81.28 cm)
.3 (coffin): 10 3/4 × 77 × 18 inches (27.31 × 195.58 × 45.72 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Object number2024.67.1.1-3
On View
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DescriptionThis is a sculpture composed of two white tables, with the disassembled backs of black and brown wooden chairs on top of them. A black rectangular box that looks like a coffin rests on top of the two tables as well.Exhibition HistorySiah Armajani, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, October 27–December 17, 2016
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.
Siah Armajani (New York: Alexander Gray Associates, 2016), 4, 38–9; Siah Armajani: Follow This Line (Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2018), 294–5.
Copyright© Estate of Siah Armajani / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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