Alain Kirili

French, b. 1946

AK011
1986

Charcoal on paper
14.875 x 17.375 x 0.75 in.
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowments for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services
2009.47

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This object has the following keywords:

• black
• cemeteries - In general, areas used for burial or entombment. Specifically, typically refers to relatively large public parks or grounds laid out expressly for the interment of the dead, and not being the yard of any church. Originally the term was derived from the Latin "cœmeterium," referring to Roman underground cemeteries or catacombs.
• crosses - Visual works in the shape of two intersecting bars, usually an upright one traversed by a horizontal one, especially those used as Christian symbols. For motifs consisting of two intersecting lines, with many variations in the shapes of the arms, use "crosses (motifs)."
• figure

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Vogel Collection , 8/1/2009 - 10/22/2014
• Vogel 2019 , 6/3/2019 - 8/17/2020
• SC Fall 21 - ART 1020 Drawing , 11/8/2021 - 9/14/2022
• SC Spring 24 - Charcoal II , 12/11/2023 - 5/10/2024

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