
Art Institute of Chicago
Wege der Weltweisheit die Hermannsschlacht (Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Hermann’s Battle)
Anselm Kiefer · 1977
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold by Anthony d’Offday Gallery, London, to Lew and Susan Manilow; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, "Anselm Kiefer," Mar. 24–May 5, 1984, pp. 74–83; also Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, May 11–June 21, 1984; and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, July 31–Sept. 30, 1984.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Anselm Kiefer," Dec. 5, 1987–Jan. 31, 1988, pp. 49–55; also, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mar. 6–May 1, 1988; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 14–Sept. 11, 1988; and Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 17, 1987–Jan. 3, 1989.
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