Untitled (A New Type)
- Date
- 1965
- made in
- Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 25 15/16 x 19 in. (65.9 x 48.2 cm)
framed: 37 3/16 x 29 3/4 in. (94.5 x 75.6 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
- Rights
- © Georg Baselitz 1965
- Object Number
- 11:1994
NOTES
In his "Hero" series, Georg Baselitz depicted ragged, awkward men traveling through desolate landscapes. Baselitz, who emigrated from East to West Germany in 1957, employed the notion of the hero ironically to evoke both the propagandistic art of the Nazis and Socialist Realism, the official style of the Soviet bloc. Questioning the nature of heroism in the wake of the Holocaust, Baselitz offers his “hero” as a metaphor for the deep malaise—both physical and emotional—of Germany’s war-torn society.
Provenance
1965 - 1993
Hahn Collection, purchased from the artist [1]
1993
Rudolf Zwirner Gallery, Cologne, Germany [2]
1993 - 1994
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA, purchased from Rudolf Zwirner Gallery
1994 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Anthony Meier Fine Arts [3]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is a memo dated February 20, 1995, taken from a telephone conversation between Anthony Meier of Anthony Meier Fine Arts and Diane Thomas of the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files].
[1] Purchased directly from artist by Mr. Hahn, Chief Curator at Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany.
[2] Upon Mr. Hahn's death, drawing was sold by the Hahn estate to Rudolf Zwirner Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
[3] Bill of Sale dated January 31, 1994 [SLAM document files], and Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 17, 1994.
Hahn Collection, purchased from the artist [1]
1993
Rudolf Zwirner Gallery, Cologne, Germany [2]
1993 - 1994
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA, purchased from Rudolf Zwirner Gallery
1994 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Anthony Meier Fine Arts [3]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is a memo dated February 20, 1995, taken from a telephone conversation between Anthony Meier of Anthony Meier Fine Arts and Diane Thomas of the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files].
[1] Purchased directly from artist by Mr. Hahn, Chief Curator at Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany.
[2] Upon Mr. Hahn's death, drawing was sold by the Hahn estate to Rudolf Zwirner Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
[3] Bill of Sale dated January 31, 1994 [SLAM document files], and Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 17, 1994.
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