Spade, Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz
Spade
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Markus Lüpertz

Spade, ca. 1974


Blatt
854 x 610 mm
Physical Description
Oil crayon, red chalk and gouache on paper
Inventory Number
SG 3370
Object Number
SG 3370 Z
Status
Not on display

Texts

About the Work

Spade" is one of a series of “German motifs” to which Markus Lüpertz devoted himself from 1970 onwards. In these works, he staged steel helmets, uniforms, shovels, wagon wheels and ears of grain as individual, format-filling elements or monumental assemblages. Here the artist arranged the picto-rial objects as in a coat of arms or political symbol: he placed the blade of a spade at the centre, add-ed an ear of grain, a fragment of a cogwheel and an object resembling a tool, perhaps a hammer. The ensemble appears to be floating over a landscape.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Spade
Draughtsman
Period Produced
Object Type
Physical Description
Oil crayon, red chalk and gouache on paper
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Signiert oben links (mit schwarzer Ölkreide): MARKUS
Watermark
  • Nicht vorhanden

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary
  • 47I15(SPADE) agricultural implements: spade
  • 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History
Markus Lüpertz
Kunsthandel Deutschland
verkauft an die Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, 1985.

Information

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Last update

13.03.2024