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DrawingsItalian20th century

Combustione

c. 1954-56

Artists

Alberto BurriArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wove paper, burned paper, and polyvinyl acetate, with traces of textiles and paint on brown wove paper

Culture

Italian

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Modern & Contemporary Art

Dimensions

35.6 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) framed: 50.8 x 41.3 cm (20 x 16 1/4 in.)

Provenance

G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, PA, gift; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kuhn. Cambridge, MA, by descent; to Sally Jane Kuhn, New York City (c. 1980-2015), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

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