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Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Kendell Geers, South African, born 1968
Point Blank
2004
Artist’s book with bullet holes and gunpowder
21 × 15 × 1 cm (8 1/4 × 5 7/8 × 3/8 in.)
The Allan Chasanoff, B.A. 1961, Book Art Collection, curated with Doug Beube
2014.58.113
Geography:
Made in South Africa
Culture:
South African
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Transferred from Allan Chasanoff Book Art Collection
Bibliography:
Pamela Franks et al., Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2014), 178, C-231, ill.
“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).
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