Midgard-Utgard

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ANSELM KIEFER (B. 1945)
Midgard-Utgard
titled 'Midgard-Uitgard [sic]' (lower right)
oil on canvas
74 ½ x 67 in. (189.2 x 170.2 cm.)
Painted in 1981.

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982

Exhibited

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today 1982, July-August 1982, no. 50 (illustrated).

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“I work on my paintings from all sides, so when I am working on them there is no up or down. The sky can be reflected in the water or material can come down from the sky. That is part of the content of the paintings. Heaven and earth are interchangeable.” Anselm Kiefer

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