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Siah Armajani
Written Berlin: Tomb for Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Walter Benjamin2014-2015

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Long horizontal drawing in graphite, ink, and pale blue and pink wash depicting an aerial view of an industrial complex with factory buildings, smokestacks, a bridge, and a central waterway
Siah Armajani, Written Berlin: Tomb for Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Walter Benjamin
Architectural drawing in ink and color, axonometric view of a dense classical building complex with colonnaded facades, surrounded by densely stippled textures suggesting foliage and terrain; accents of blue, green, and gold highlight columns and water features.
Mixed-media work with dense mark-making depicting an aerial view of industrial warehouse buildings with dark hatched roofs, rendered in gray and pale blue tones, with a truss bridge and vertical poles visible across a waterway.
Siah Armajani, Written Berlin: Tomb for Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Walter Benjamin

Siah Armajani, Written Berlin: Tomb for Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Walter Benjamin, 2014-2015, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Image from Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong

Artist or Maker
Siah Armajani
Iran, Tehran, active United States, Minneapolis, 1939-2020
Title
Written Berlin: Tomb for Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Walter Benjamin
Date Made
2014-2015
Medium
Graphite and ink on mylar
Dimensions
Sheet: 36 1/8 × 225 in. (91.76 × 571.5 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Judy and George Sunga Acquisition Fund and additional funds from the 2025 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2026.170
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Estate of Siah Armajani/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York