LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

98.43 in. (250.00 cm.) (height) by 98.43 in. (250.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials and dated 'I.IX.82 G.B.' (lower center); signed again, titled and dated again ''Franz im Bett' I.IX.82 G. Baselitz' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Zeitgeist, 1982, p. 81, no. 13 (illustrated). London, Whitechapel Art Gallery; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum and Kunsthalle Basel, Georg Baselitz: Paintings 1960-83, July 1983-April 1984, p. 60 (illustrated). Vancouver Art Gallery, Georg Baselitz, November 1984-January 1985, p. 49 (illustrated). Centro Mostre di Firenze, Sala d'arme di Palazzo Vecchio and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Georg Baselitz: Bilder 1965-1987, April-September 1988, p. 81, no. 30 (illustrated). Fréjus, Foundation Templon, Exposition Inaugurale, July-September 1989. Barcelona, Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions and Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Georg Baselitz, February-July 1990, pp. 92-93, no. 11 (illustrated). New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Georg Baselitz: The Zeitgeist Paintings, November-December 1991 (illustrated). New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Georg Baselitz, May 1995-July 1996, p. 148, no. 135 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

A. Franzke, Georg Baselitz, Munich, 1989, p. 177, no. 153 (illustrated). F. Dahlem, Georg Baselitz, Cologne, 1990, p. 138 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Solomon, Paris. Jan Eric Löwenadler, New York. Fredrik Roos, Stockholm. His sale; Christie's, New York, 5 May 1992, lot 23A. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.