MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)
MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)
MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)
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MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)

Untitled (from the series Fred the Frog)

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MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)
Untitled (from the series Fred the Frog)
signed and dated 'Kippenberger 90' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
70 7/8 x 59 in. (180 x 150 cm.)
Painted in 1990.
Provenance
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne
Private collection, Germany
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003
Literature
Martin Kippenberger. Fred the frog rings the bell once a penny two a penny hot cross burns, Cologne, 1991, p. 16 (illustrated).
MARTIN KIPPENBERGER. Der Eiermann und seine Ausleger, exh. cat., Mönchengladbach, Museum Abteiberg, 1997, p. 16 (illustrated; titled as Idea-starved frog (drunk)).
T. Groetz, ed., Gitarren, die nicht Gudrun heißen. Hommage à Martin Kippenberger, Berlin, 2002, n.p. (illustrated; dated as 1989/90).
Nach Kippenberger, exh. cat., Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig and Eindhoven, the Van Abbemuseum, 2003, pp. 128-131.
A. Schuster, Das Kreuzigungsmotiv in der Malerei nach 1945 in Deutschland. Fallstudien zu Markus Lüpertz, Bernhard Heisig, Martin Kippenberger und Jonathan Meese, Zurich, 2010, pp. 185-197 and 203-207.
G. Capitain, R. Fiorito and L. Franzen, eds., Martin Kippenberger: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume III 1987-1992, Cologne, 2016, pp. 200-201, no. MK.P 1990.18 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Cologne, Galerie Max Hetzler, Freddy with his p. & c. problem, 1991.
Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Hommage an Martin Kippenberger: Die achtziger Jahre, Bilder und Skulpturen, February-April 1998.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Works from the Collection, December 2011-October 2012.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, From Day to Day, December 2019-September 2020.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, A Possible Horizon, September 2020-November 2021.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, There Is Always One Direction, November 2021-November 2022.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Together, at the Same Time, November 2022-November 2023.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, House in Motion / New Perspectives, December 2023-March 2024.

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