Lot Essay
‘You do not have to read my books. You only need to scan. I am not picturing words. I am trying to re-create a memory.’ ANSELM KIEFER
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Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest)
Details
Anselm Kiefer (B. 1945)
Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest)
emulsion on woodcuts on paper laid on card, in sixty-eight pages including covers
each page: ranging from 24 ¾ x 19 5/8in. (63 x 50cm.) to 24 ¾ x 18 1/8in. (63 x 46cm.)
overall book: 24 ¾ x 19 5/8 x 6 ½in. (63 x 50 x 16.5cm.)
Executed in 1978-1980, this work is unique
Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest)
emulsion on woodcuts on paper laid on card, in sixty-eight pages including covers
each page: ranging from 24 ¾ x 19 5/8in. (63 x 50cm.) to 24 ¾ x 18 1/8in. (63 x 46cm.)
overall book: 24 ¾ x 19 5/8 x 6 ½in. (63 x 50 x 16.5cm.)
Executed in 1978-1980, this work is unique
Provenance
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
The Froehlich Foundation, Stuttgart (acquired from the above in 1994).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 21 June 2006, lot 45.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
The Froehlich Foundation, Stuttgart (acquired from the above in 1994).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 21 June 2006, lot 45.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Tübingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Anselm Kiefer: Bücher 1969-1990, 1990-1991. This exhibition later travelled to Munich, Kunstverein.
London, Tate Gallery, The Froehlich Foundation: German and American Art from Beuys and Warhol, 1996-1997, cat.no. 126 (illustrated in colour, p. 255). This exhibition later travelled to Tübingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen; Hamburg, Kunsthalle Hamburg and Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum.
London, Tate Gallery, The Froehlich Foundation: German and American Art from Beuys and Warhol, 1996-1997, cat.no. 126 (illustrated in colour, p. 255). This exhibition later travelled to Tübingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen; Hamburg, Kunsthalle Hamburg and Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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