LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

110.04 in. (279.50 cm.) (height) by 177.17 in. (450.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist’s initials and dated 'G.B. 1. VIII. 83’ (lower centre edge); signed again, titled and dated again ‘"der Brückechor" G. Baselitz 1. VIII 83’ (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, Georg Baselitz, 1984, n.p. (illustrated in color).New York, The Museum of Modern Art, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, May-August 1984, p. 46 (illustrated).Dusseldorf, Messegelände Halle 13, von hier aus, Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf, 1984, pp. 184-185, no. 2 (illustrated in color).Vancouver Art Gallery, Georg Baselitz, November 1984-January 1985, pp. 44-45 (illustrated in color).Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, 1985 Carnegie International, November 1985-January 1986, p. 95 (illustrated).Milwaukee Art Museum, 1988: The World of Art Today, May-August 1988, p. 53, no. 5 (illustrated in color). Kunsthaus Zürich and Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Georg Baselitz, May-September 1990, p. 123, no. 49 (illustrated in color).Davos, Kirchner Museum, Georg Baselitz: Besuch bei Ernst Ludwig, December 2013-April 2014, pp. 48-49, no. 4 (illustrated in color)

Literature:

Georg Baselitz: Pastorale, exh. cat., Museum Ludwig Köln, 1987, p. 21 (illustrated).A. Franzke, Georg Baselitz, Munich, 1988, pp. 202-203, no. 171 (illustrated in color). Georg Baselitz : Retrospektive 1964-1991, exh. cat., Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 1992, p. 24 (illustrated).F. Hergott, Georg Baselitz, Paris, 1996, pp. 82-83, no. 41 (illustrated in color).D. Eccher, Baselitz, Bologna, 1997, p. 71 (illustrated).D. Gretenkort, ed., Georg Baselitz: Collected Writings and Interviews, London, 2010, p. 229 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Mary Boone Gallery, New YorkEmily and Jerry Spiegel, New YorkAcquired from the above by the present owner