Pelle di Marmo e Spine d'acacia-Nora

Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947) Pelle di Marmo e Spine d'acacia-Nora signed, titled and dated 'Pelle di Marmo e Spine d'acacia NORA Giuseppe Penone 2005' (on the reverse of the right element); titled again 'NORA' (on the reverse of the left element) diptych—pink marble and acacia thorns on silk laid down on canvas each: 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in. (100 x 100 cm.) overall: 39 3/8 x 78 ¾ in. (100 x 200 cm.) Executed in 2005.