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Anselm Kiefer's Exodus (1985) is comprised of lead and Shellac on charred photographic paper on board. Kiefer is a contemporary German artist whose work focuses as much on his mterials as on the content in his art. His work confronts German's heritage and troubled history, often through the depiction of landscapes ravaged by war.

Source: News, April May June, 2007.


Exhibition History"Anselm Kiefer, Departure From Europe, 1984 - 1985", Marian Goodman Gallery
DimensionsFrame: 35 1/4 × 47 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (89.5 × 119.7 × 5.7 cm)
Image: 27 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (69.9 × 100.3 cm)
Accession Number 2006.29
Classificationswork on paper
ProvenanceArtist. Private Collection, New York. Private Collection, Chicago. (Marian Goodman Gallery, New York); Jacqueline and Myron Blank [purchased from the previous, 1989]; Des Moines Art Center [bequest of the previous, 2006]
Exodus
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jack Tworkov
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Isamu Noguchi
1945, cast 1975
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gunther Gerzso
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ronald Wendell Davis
1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Bryan Hunt
1979
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Bryan Hunt
1978
Oskar Schlemmer
1962, original plaster cast 1919
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Mikhail Larionov
1908
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Graham
1974