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FRED THE FROG RINGS THE BELL

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FRED THE FROG RINGS THE BELL
<b>Artist: </b>Martin Kippenberger
<b>Birth: </b>(1953-1997)
<b>Medium: </b>carved wooden frog, wooden crucifix and steel nails
<b>Dimensions: </b>47 1/4 x 39 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (120 x 100 x 20 cm)
<b>Details: </b>executed in 1997 ; this work is from an edition of seven plus three artist’s proofs in the exhibition which was on display at the Galerie Gisela Capitain in December 1990 the object was titled WAS IST DER UNTER SCHEID ZWISCHEN CASANOVA UND JESUS: DER GESICHT AUSORUCK BEIM NAGELN (What is the difference between Casanova and Jesus: the facial expression when being nailed)
<b>Provenance: </b>Galerie Gisela Capitain, COLOGNE
<b>Exhibited: </b>Kunstverein Braunschweig, MARTIN KIPPENBERGER: MULTIPLES, March 1-May 4, 2003 ; ANTWERP, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Panamarenko, Martin Kippenberger en Robert Filou, June 21-August 31, 2003 ; SAN FRANCISCO, The Jewish Museum, March 7-June 27, 2004; LAGUNA BEACH, Laguna Art Museum, July 24-October 3, 2004 and VIRGINIA BEACH, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, June 9-September 4, 2005, 100 ARTIST’S SEE GOD, p. 112 (another example exhibited; illustrated)
<b>Literature: </b>A. Muthesius, ed., MARTIN KIPPENBERGER: TEN YEARS AFTER, COLOGNE, 1991, p. 138, no. 117 (illustrated) ; K. Grässlin and G. Capitain, MARTIN KIPPENBERGER: MULTIPLES AND CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ, COLOGNE, 2003, p. 77, no. 38 (illustrated) ; J. Baldessari and M. Cranston, 100 ARTISTS SEE GOD, NEW YORK, 2004, p. 112 (illustrated)
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