Ohne Titel (aus der Serie Fred the frog) Untitled (from the series Fred the frog)

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MARTIN KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997)
Ohne Titel (aus der Serie Fred the frog) Untitled (from the series Fred the frog)
signed and dated 'Kippenberger 90' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
94½ x 78¾in. (240 x 200cm.)
Painted in 1990

Provenance

Private Collection, Austria.
Anon. sale, Dorotheum Vienna, 26 November 2014, lot 709.
Skarstedt Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Martin Kippenberger: der Eiermann und seine Ausleger, exh. cat., Mönchengladbach, Städtischen Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, 1997, p. 115, no. 12 (illustrated, p. 18).
G. Capitain, R. Fiorito and L. Franzen, (eds.), Martin Kippenberger: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume III 1987-1992, Cologne 2016, p. 170, no. MK.P 1990.07 (illustrated in colour, p. 171).

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Max Hetzler, Freddy with his p. & c. problem, 1991, p. 85 (illustrated in colour, p. 37).
New York, Skarstedt, German Paintings: Georg Baselitz, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, 2016.
London, Skarstedt Gallery, Painter/Sculptor, 2021.
Paris, Skarstedt Gallery, Martin Kippenberger: De Lumière et Sentiments, 2022.

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