Lot 490
  • 490

ANSELM KIEFER | Gordon

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description

  • Anselm Kiefer
  • Gordon
  • lead, photo collage and mixed media mounted to panel, in artist's frame
  • 67 1/2 by 51 7/8 in. 171.5 by 131.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1969-1989.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989

Exhibited

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, New Paintings and Sculpture by Anselm Kiefer Including The High Priestess 1985-1989, June - August 1989

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The surface irregularities and inconsistencies visible throughout are inherent to the artist's working process and chosen medium. There is evidence of age to the metal collage, including occasional yellowing to the elements. Upon close inspection, evidence of minor rusting is noticeable along the frame edges, possibly inherent to the artist's chosen frame material. Framed under glass, in artist's frame.
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Catalogue Note

"He's very aware of the fragility of the landscape. And the great cracking that you see on the surface of his work is intended to tell you that it all can be swept away by the deluge, by the flood, by the fall of man. And we all have to start again."  Jackie Wullschlager, "Interview with Anselm Kiefer, ahead of his Royal Academy show," The Financial Times, 19 September 2014