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The Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann
MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)
Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (Hotel Mencey); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (Hotel Mencey); Untitled (Hotel Chelsea); Untitled (Hotel Chelsea) [Eight Works]
Details
MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)
Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (Hotel Mencey); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (Hotel Mencey); Untitled (Hotel Chelsea); Untitled (Hotel Chelsea) [Eight Works]
signed with the artist's initials and dated (lower edge of each sheet)
colored pencil, graphite, felt-tip pen, white-out, oil crayon and Letraset on hotel stationery
dimensions variable
largest: 11 5⁄8 x 8 1⁄4 in. (29.5 x 21 cm.)
smallest: 11 x 8 1⁄2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1989-1990.
Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (Hotel Mencey); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (The Sovereign); Untitled (Hotel Mencey); Untitled (Hotel Chelsea); Untitled (Hotel Chelsea) [Eight Works]
signed with the artist's initials and dated (lower edge of each sheet)
colored pencil, graphite, felt-tip pen, white-out, oil crayon and Letraset on hotel stationery
dimensions variable
largest: 11 5⁄8 x 8 1⁄4 in. (29.5 x 21 cm.)
smallest: 11 x 8 1⁄2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1989-1990.
Provenance
(i-vi)
Metro Pictures, New York
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
(vii-viii)
Brigit Küng, Zurich
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Metro Pictures, New York
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
(vii-viii)
Brigit Küng, Zurich
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
(i-vi)
Martin Kippenberger: Hotel-Hotel, Cologne, 1992 (illustrated).
(i-v, vii-viii)
G. Frei, ed., Martin Kippenberger, Zurich, 2009, nos. 24-25 and 27-31 (illustrated).
Martin Kippenberger: Hotel-Hotel, Cologne, 1992 (illustrated).
(i-v, vii-viii)
G. Frei, ed., Martin Kippenberger, Zurich, 2009, nos. 24-25 and 27-31 (illustrated).
Exhibited
(i-viii)
Kunsthalle Basel and Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Martin Kippenberger: Selbstbildnisse, Happy End of Franz Kafka's "Amerika", Sozialkistentransport, Laternen etc., September 1998-April 1999.
(iv)
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Directions: Martin Kippenberger, Works on Paper, July-October 1995.
Kunsthalle Basel and Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Martin Kippenberger: Selbstbildnisse, Happy End of Franz Kafka's "Amerika", Sozialkistentransport, Laternen etc., September 1998-April 1999.
(iv)
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Directions: Martin Kippenberger, Works on Paper, July-October 1995.
Further Details
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