Untitled (The Rhine)

1993
Not on view
In this large woodcut composition, Kiefer combined a wood-plank-printed frame, which draws on associations with German art history, and an image of Hitler’s unrealized Soldiers’ Hall, designed by Wilhelm Kreis. By means of the title, Kiefer relocated the huge Nazi building from central Berlin in Prussia to the banks of the Rhine.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Untitled (The Rhine)
  • Artist: Anselm Kiefer (German, born Donaueschingen, 1945)
  • Date: 1993
  • Medium: Woodcut on paper mounted on canvas
  • Dimensions: 66 7/8 × 96 9/16 in. (169.8 × 245.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.14.44
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Anselm Kiefer
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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