Lot 18: Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945)

Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945)
Dem Unbekannten Maler (To the Unknown Painter)
oil, emulsion, shellac, latex and straw on canvas
74¾ x 102½ in. (189.9 x 260.4 cm.)
Executed in 1983.

New York, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Anselm Kiefer: Paintings and Watercolours, May-July 1983.
Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia; Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia and Wellington, National Art Gallery, Wild Visionary Spectral: New German Art, February-August 1986, no. 32 (illustrated in color).
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, The Kiefer Room, permanent installation, circa 1987-2003.

L. MacRitchie, "Anselm Kiefer: Repression transformed," City Limits, 6 June 1983 (illustrated).
R. Cork, "Anselm Kiefer: Through the Haunted Temples," The Standard, 10 June 1983.

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Private collection, Oslo
James Cohan Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTOR

Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945)
Dem Unbekannten Maler (To the Unknown Painter)
oil, emulsion, shellac, latex and straw on canvas
74¾ x 102½ in. (189.9 x 260.4 cm.)
Executed in 1983.