Untitled
- Date
- 1966
- made in
- Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Collages & montages
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 13 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (34.3 x 28.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Betsy Millard, the Earl and Betsy Millard Collection
- Rights
- © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 450:2002
NOTES
Blinky Palermo made this collage using greenish-gray board, purple watercolor, and strips of newspaper. His minimalist approach emphasizes the fundamental elements of art: color, shape, line, and texture. The strips of newspaper add a formal quality to the more expressive purple streaks. Palermo's composition creates a subtle tension between opacity and translucence. Dated June 1918, the newspaper snippets were taken from a publication, Düsseldorfer Zeitung, which covered Germany's involvement in World War I. These excerpts report skirmishes by U-boats and ring of false optimism five months before Germany's surrender.
Provenance
- 1971
Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
1971 - 1991
Helmut Anton and Margot Kraetz, Frankfurt, Germany [1]
1991 -
David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY, USA, purchased at auction "Contemporary Art from the Kraetz Collection," Sotheby's New York, November 14, 1991, lot no. 102 [2]
- 2002
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from David Nolan Gallery [3]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Betsy Millard [4]
Notes:
The main source of this provenance is Moeller's catalogue raisonné, cat. no. 310 [Moeller, Thordis. "Palermo: Zeichnungen," Vol. II. Bonn: Oktagon Verlag, 1995]. Other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Helmut Anton and Margot Kraetz of Frankfurt, Germany acquired the drawing from Galerie Paul Maenz, in Cologne, Germany in 1971. See auction catalog ["Contemporary Art from the Kraetz Collection." Sotheby's, New York, November 14, 1991, lot no. 102].
[2] See note [1].
[3] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 4, 2003.
[4] See note [3].
Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
1971 - 1991
Helmut Anton and Margot Kraetz, Frankfurt, Germany [1]
1991 -
David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY, USA, purchased at auction "Contemporary Art from the Kraetz Collection," Sotheby's New York, November 14, 1991, lot no. 102 [2]
- 2002
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from David Nolan Gallery [3]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Betsy Millard [4]
Notes:
The main source of this provenance is Moeller's catalogue raisonné, cat. no. 310 [Moeller, Thordis. "Palermo: Zeichnungen," Vol. II. Bonn: Oktagon Verlag, 1995]. Other supporting documents are noted.
[1] Helmut Anton and Margot Kraetz of Frankfurt, Germany acquired the drawing from Galerie Paul Maenz, in Cologne, Germany in 1971. See auction catalog ["Contemporary Art from the Kraetz Collection." Sotheby's, New York, November 14, 1991, lot no. 102].
[2] See note [1].
[3] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 4, 2003.
[4] See note [3].
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