Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997)
Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997)

Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997)

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Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997)
Supplementary Proposal For The Improvement of a Backstroke in Rio I (Nachträglicher Entwurf für die Verbesserung des Rückenschwimmers in Rio I)
signed with the artist's initial and dated 'K 86' (lower right)
acrylic, silicone, sand, plaster on linen canvas and printed fabric
70¾ x 59 x 2½ in. (180 x 150 x 6.3 cm.)
Executed in 1986.

Provenance:
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 2004, lot 211
Private collection, London
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York 9 May 2006, lot 64
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited:
Nice, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Le Radius Kronenbourg: Werner Büttner, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Martin Kippenberger, February-April 1987, p. 83 (illustrated).
London, The Saatchi Gallery, The Triumph of Painting I, 2005, p. 28 (illustrated).


Supplementary Proposal For The Improvement of a Backstroke in Rio II (Nachträglicher Entwurf für die Verbesserung des Rückenschwimmers in Rio II)
signed with the artist's initial and dated 'K 86' (lower right)
acrylic, silicone, sand, plaster on linen canvas and printed fabric
70¾ x 59 x 8 in. (180 x 150 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1986.

Provenance:
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne
Gagosian Gallery, London
Private collection, London
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York 9 May 2006, lot 123
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited:
London, The Saatchi Gallery, The Triumph of Painting I, 2005, p. 29 (illustrated).
London, Gagosian Gallery, Martin Kippenberger The Magical Misery Tour Brazil, September-December 2004, p. 47 (illustrated).

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