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Bird and Stars

Bird and Stars

Artist/Maker (American, born in Germany, 1954)
Date2005
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (21 × 29.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz
Object number2016.19.33
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Kiki SmithMore Information
Kiki Smith has used the motifs of birds and stars in multiple works. She has described birds as “stand-ins for souls,” while stars suggest cosmological meanings. The bright colors and implied movement in this work lend it an expansiveness that belies its small size.
Provenance(at Christie's auction "First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art," New York, September 21, 2011, lot 289); Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, New York; by gift 2016 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
New Acquisitions and Old Friends
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 3, 2021 - June 12, 2022 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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