LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

118.11 in. (300.00 cm.) (height) by 98.43 in. (250.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist's initials and dated '4.XI.83 GB' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Die Dornenkrönung G. Baselitz 4 XI 83' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Georg Baselitz, October-December 1992, no. 21 (illustrated in colour, p. 55). Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Georg Baselitz, October 1996-January 1997, no. 31 (illustrated in colour, p. 110).

Literature:

R. Fuchs, H. Kramer and P. Schjeldahl, Art of our Time, The Saatchi Collection, London 1984, no. 18 (illustrated in colour). A. Franzke, Georg Baselitz, Munich 1989, no. 172 (illustrated in colour, p. 204).

Provenance:

Mary Boone Gallery, New York. Saatchi Collection, London. Galerie Beyeler, Basel.