The Painter’s Studio
- Date
- 1983
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- irregular: 15 3/8 × 20 7/16 in. (39.1 × 51.9 cm)
framed: 21 15/16 × 29 15/16 × 1 1/2 in. (55.8 × 76.1 × 3.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard, the Earl and Betsy Millard Collection
- Rights
- © Anselm Kiefer
- Object Number
- 59:2003
NOTES
This watercolor depicts a German war memorial built in Bitola, Macedonia, to commemorate fallen soldiers from World War I. Kiefer's title "The Painter's Studio," is meant to transform the meaning of the site from one associated with death to one of creativity. Like many of Kiefer's works, the subject of the painting focuses on major historical events or places that have had a role in his native Germany.
Provenance
- 1984
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, USA [1]
1984 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Marian Goodman Gallery [2]
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [3]
Notes:
The primary source of provenance is Betsy Millard [information for appraisals form, SLAM document files]. Other supporting documents are listed below.
[1] An invoice from "Fine Arts Delivery" dated September 25, 1984 lists the Marian Goodman Gallery as former location of this work [SLAM document files]. A Marian Goodman Gallery label is also affixed to the frame's backing board.
[2] An invoice dated September 24, 1984 issued to Earl Millard by James R. Schmidt, St. Louis, suggests that James Schmidt served as a local broker and facilitated Earl Millard's purchase of this work [SLAM document files].
[3] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [Gift and Loan Agreement between Betsy Millard and SLAM, signed (no day or month) 2003, SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, USA [1]
1984 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Marian Goodman Gallery [2]
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [3]
Notes:
The primary source of provenance is Betsy Millard [information for appraisals form, SLAM document files]. Other supporting documents are listed below.
[1] An invoice from "Fine Arts Delivery" dated September 25, 1984 lists the Marian Goodman Gallery as former location of this work [SLAM document files]. A Marian Goodman Gallery label is also affixed to the frame's backing board.
[2] An invoice dated September 24, 1984 issued to Earl Millard by James R. Schmidt, St. Louis, suggests that James Schmidt served as a local broker and facilitated Earl Millard's purchase of this work [SLAM document files].
[3] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [Gift and Loan Agreement between Betsy Millard and SLAM, signed (no day or month) 2003, SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.
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