Shutter's Lullaby / Ellipse for Städel, 2012

Title

Shutter's Lullaby / Ellipse for Städel (Original Title)

Artist

• Olaf Nicolai

Period Produced

• 21st century

School

• location-related installation
• Object Art

Object Type

• sculpture

Physical Description

Metal construction, curtains of black plastic beads

Material

• metal
• plastic, synthetic material
• plastic bead

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

© Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig / Berlin / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Acquisition

Acquired in 2013 with funds from the Städelkomitee 21. Jahrhundert, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• construction
• space
• Städel Garten (Frankfurt am Main)
• Städel Museum (Frankfurt am Main)
• Frankfurt am Main

Persons Shown

• Städel Museum
• garden Städel Museum

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 61F(STÄDEL GARTEN (Frankfurt am Main)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (STÄDEL GARTEN (Frankfurt am Main))
• 61F(STÄDEL MUSEUM (Frankfurt am Main)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (STÄDEL MUSEUM (Frankfurt am Main))
• 13C24 labyrinth, maze ~ magic mathematical figures
• 49D371 ellipse

Secondary

• 31A274 movement ~ objects
• 22C4(BLACK) colours, pigments, and paints: black
• 61E(FRANKFURT AM MAIN) names of cities and villages (FRANKFURT AM MAIN)

Associative

• 41A333 window shutters