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Magdalena Abakanowicz, untitled, 1982, jute, Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, photo Mateusz Chrobot, 2025 r.
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Photo showing Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
Magdalena Abakanowicz, untitled, 1982, jute, Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, photo Mateusz Chrobot, 2025 r.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Instytut Polonika, License terms and conditions
Photo showing Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
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Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

Berlin | Germany
ID: pol_info-000749-P/194202

Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

Berlin | Germany

Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie houses Magdalena Abakanowicz's sculpture from the series Embryology (1978-1980). The work consists of two objects with irregular, organic shapes, made of jute bags sewn together and filled with soft material. The forms evoke the process of birth, growth and the fragility of life.

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Time of construction:

1982 r.

Creator:

Magdalena Abakanowicz (artystka tekstylna, rzeźbiarka; Polska)(preview)

Keywords:

sculpture, polish museum / polonica in the museum collection, museum, sculpting

Publication:

17.10.2025

Last updated:

17.10.2025
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Two sculptures of irregular, organic shapes by Magdalena Abakanowicz from the series 'Embryology', made of jute bags filled with soft material, on a white pedestal at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Photo showing Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin Gallery of the object +1
Magdalena Abakanowicz, untitled, 1982, jute, Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, photo Mateusz Chrobot, 2025 r.
Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz from the 'Embryology' series at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Two irregular, organic shapes made of jute bags sewn together and filled with soft material, on a white pedestal. Photo showing Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin Gallery of the object +1
Magdalena Abakanowicz, untitled, 1982, jute, Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, photo Mateusz Chrobot, 2025 r.
Photo showing Sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
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