LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil, emulsion, shellac, latex and straw on canvas

Measurements:

74.76 in. (189.90 cm.) (height) by 102.52 in. (260.40 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

New York, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Anselm Kiefer: Paintings and Watercolours, May-July 1983. Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia; Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia and Wellington, National Art Gallery, Wild Visionary Spectral: New German Art, February-August 1986, no. 32 (illustrated in color). Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, The Kiefer Room, permanent installation, circa 1987-2003.

Literature:

L. MacRitchie, "Anselm Kiefer: Repression transformed," City Limits, 6 June 1983 (illustrated). R. Cork, "Anselm Kiefer: Through the Haunted Temples," The Standard, 10 June 1983.

Provenance:

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London. Private collection, Oslo. James Cohan Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.