Eleven-headed Kannon

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Title	Eleven-headed Kannon
Artist	Yuji Honbori
Date	2012
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G275

Medium:

Sculpture | Cardboard, wood, plastic, pigments

Size:

78 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 19 in. (200 x 60 x 48.26 cm) (approx.)

Creation Place:

Asia, Japan

Culture:

Asia, Japan

Style:

21st century

Physical Description:

slightly smaller than life-size sculpture of standing figure with elongated earlobes wearing a crown and garment with draping elements on sleeves and skirts, standing on a small rounded platform, holding a flower bouquet in PL hand; sculpture made up of small vertical pieces of corrugated cardboard with brightly-colored pigments on PL and PR faces; top of bouquet is removable; thin yellow ring at upper back of figure's interior

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Joan and Gary Capen Endowment for Art Acquisition

Accession Number:

2012.32a,b

Artist:

Yuji Honbori, Japanese, born 1958

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, born 1958

Added to Site:

July 4, 2012