About the Artwork
Head
1974-1975
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 - 2017
Polish
Unknown
Hemp
38 x 29 in. diam. (96.5 x 73.7 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund and Anonymous Fund
F79.42
© Estate of Magdalena Abakanowicz, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York.
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ: ORGANIC STRUCTURES AND HUMAN FORMS, May 29-July 6, 1975, no 7.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ ORGANIC STRUCTURES AND SOFT FORMS, Mar 12-May 30, 1976, no 20.
Malmo Konsthall, Sweden, ABAKANOWICZ: ORGANIC STRUCTURES, Feb 26-April 11, 1977, (exh. cat.).
Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway, MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ: ORGANIC STRUCTURES (exh. cat.).
Osrodek Propagandy Sztuki, Lodz, Poland, MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ TKANINA, 1978 (exh. cat.).
Museum of Contempory Art, Chicago, IL, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, QU, Portland Art Museum and Portland Center for the Visual Arts, TX, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery of UCLA, CA, MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ, Nov 6, 1982- Nov 11, 1984, no 57 (ill).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
© Estate of Magdalena Abakanowicz, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York.
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Head, 1974-1975, Hemp. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund and Anonymous Fund, F79.42.
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