Old Used Torn Towel
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Old Used Torn Towel
1998-200821st
24 in. x 54 in. x 1 in. (60.96 cm x 137.16 cm x 2.54 cm)
El Anatsui, b. b. 1944
User Text 1 El Anatsui burned, incised, carved, and painted native African hardwoods to create surface patterns reminiscent of kente cloth of his native Ghana. He intentionally leaves the arrangement of the 14 panels up to the owner as a reference to colonialism, when Africa was arbitrarily divided and reassembled according to European interests.
Creation Place:
Africa, Ghana
Medium and Support:
African hard woods and pigment
Credit Line:
J. David and Laura Seefried Horsfall Endowment Fund purchase
Accession Number:
2005.58a-n
Wall sculpture composed of 14 separate pieces of wood. Pieces are numbered 1-14 in marker on back of each panel. Label text for permanent collection, gallery XIV (African Art), September 2011: “El Anatsui burned, incised, carved, and painted native African hardwoods to create surface patterns reminiscent of kente cloth of his native Ghana. He intentionally leaves the arrangement of the 14 panels up to the owner as a reference to colonialism, when Africa was arbitrarily divided and reassembled according to European interests."
Current Location:
Chazen : Gallery : 14
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Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 24 in. x 54 in. (60.96 cm x 137.16 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Chazen Museum of Art. "Bulletin 2003-2007." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2010.
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Chazen Museum of Art.
2010
Page Number: p. 37, Figure Number: no. 2 -
Sytsma, Janine. "The Sculpture of El Anatsui: Rupture and Renewal at the Chazen Museum of Art." Bulletin 2003-2007. Chazen Museum of Art (2010): 36-41.
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Chazen Museum of Art.
2010
Page Number: pp. 36-41, Figure Number: no. 2 -
Rarey, Matthew Francis and Henry John Drewal. "Never at Rest: African Art at the University of Wisconsin." African Arts, vol 53, no. 4 (2020): 68-85.
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MIT Press.
2020
Figure Number: fig. 13
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