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(Mamou 1941). ABACA Code C-VII (1976). Ttiled m.l. and monogram l.r. Dated MCMLXXVI m.m. Pigment on shaped and painted Manila hemp, Diam. 194.4 cm. Provenance:. - Collection Helga & Walther Lauffs, Bad Honnef. - Corporate collection, The Netherlands. Exhibition:. Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und Europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, 13 November 1983 - 8 April 1984, no. 363. N.B.:. Keith Sonnier's ABACA Code was exhibited in 1976 in the prestigious gallery of international art dealer Leo Castelli. The series consists of various works made of Manila hemp, which comes from the Abacá plant. This fibrous paper is hand made and its name is derived from the capital of the Philippines, where it is been produced since the sixteenth century.