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Alain Kirili

French
(1946–2021)

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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black, cemeteries*, crosses*, figure
  • 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 "cĹ“meterium," 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

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