Meissen Woodsmen

Date

1968-1969

Artist

Georg Baselitz, German, b. Deutschbaselitz, 1938

Provenance

[Mary Boone Gallery, New York]

[Charles and Doris Saatchi, London, by 1984]

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by November 1992-9 May 1994

Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1994

Exhibition History

ANTHONY D'OFFAY GALLERY, London. "Baselitz: Paintings 1966-69," 10 November-3 December 1982, pl. 8, p. 16.

GALERIE BEYELER, Basel. "Georg Baselitz," 17 October-31 December 1992, no. 12, color ill. p. 33.

GALERIE BEYELER, Basel. "Magic Blue," December 1993-March 1994, no. 3.

SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Georg Baselitz," 26 May-17 September 1995, cat. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 15 February-5 May 1996 (did not travel to Los Angeles or Berlin venues).

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 19, color ill. p. 18.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Strange Bodies," 11 December 2008-15 November 2009, no cat.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.

FONDATION BEYELER, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland [co-organizer]. "Georg Baselitz," 21 January-29 April 2018, p. 100; color ill. p. 101. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 21 June-16 September.

Published References

FUCHS, RUDY et al. Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, Vol. 3 (London/New York: Lund Humphries in association with Rizzoli, 1984), no. 8, color ill.

FRANZKE, ANDREAS. Georg Baselitz (Munich: Prestel, 1989), fig. 97, p. 109; pp. 92-93.

DIXON, GLENN. "What's Up?," Washington City Paper (19 April 1996), pp. 42-43, ill.

MARQUIS, ANNE-LOUISE. "Georg Baselitz," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1996), pp. 124-125, color ill.

DEMETRION, JAMES T., ed. Clyfford Still: Paintings 1944-1960 (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2001), fig. 55, p. 151.

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School

European Contemporary

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1994

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Accession Number

94.12

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on linen

Dimensions

94 3/4 × 75 in. (240.7 × 190.5 cm)