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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.133
People
Doris Salcedo, Colombian (Bogota, Colombia born 1958)
Title
A Flor de Piel
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
2013
Places
Creation Place: South America, Colombia
Culture
Colombian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/351354

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Rose petals and thread
Dimensions
340 x 500 cm (133 7/8 x 196 7/8 in.) (dimensions may vary)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Doris Salcedo, created 2013, sold; through [Alexander and Bonin, New York], to; the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958, by exchange; purchase through the generosity of Elaine Levin in honor of Mary Schneider Enriquez; and purchase through the generosity of Deborah and Martin Hale
Copyright
© Doris Salcedo
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.133
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mary Schneider Enriquez, Doris Salcedo, and Narayan Khandekar, Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2016), pp. 119, 120-125, 128-129, 134, 140-142, 150, ill. (color)
  • Narayan Khandekar, Inherent Vice and the Ship of Theseus, Doris Salcedo: The Materiality of Mourning, ed. Micah Buis, Sarah Kuschner, and Cheryl Pappas, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2016), Pages 141-152, Figure 5, Page 150
  • Mira Dayal, "Doris Salcedo Captures the Weight of Mourning", Hyperalleric, Hyperallergic (https://hyperallergic.com/355967/doris-salcedo-captures-the-weight-of-mourning/, February 3, 2017), https://hyperallergic.com/355967/doris-salcedo-captures-the-weight-of-mourning/
  • Mary Schneider Enriquez, Sculpture and Displacement: Doris Salcedo, The Materiality of Mourning, ReVista, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (Cambridge, MA, 2017), Vol. XVI, No. 2, pp. 62-64, pp. 63-64, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

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