Anselm Kiefer

Private Collection, Germany
Private Collection (acquired directly from the above in 1990)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 6 February 2004, Lot 136
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago; Philidalphia, The Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Kiefer, 1987-1989, p. 151, illustrated in colour
Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Burri: Gli artisti e la materia 1945 – 2004, 2005-2006, p. 143, illustrated in colour

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is cooler in the original, with more grey tones throughout. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is some light oxidization to the artist's frame and elswehare to the lead. Upon close inspection, there are several points at which the textured surface has come into contact with the glass, resulting in some very minor losses. There are some further tiny media losses scattered in a few places, in keeping with the artist's choice of medium and working process.
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"I love to watch plants. It's a way of watching life. For many years I thought that nature was interesting in itself, but as I see it, the most interesting landscape is one where you have a bit of civilization and a bit of wildness..."

Anselm Kiefer cited in an Interview with Bernard Comment, 'Cette obscure clarte qui tombe des etoiles', ArtPress (September), Paris 1998,  p. 293