Artist Monograph

Anselm Kiefer, German

German, born 1945

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	6	15.8%
Oil Painting	4	10.5%
Woodcut	4	10.5%
Digital Art	1	2.6%
Watercolor	1	2.6%
Other Media	1	2.6%
Gouache	1	2.6%
Lithography	1	2.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	31	81.6%
Painting & Sculpture	7	18.4%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

2000s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 23
Drawing — 6
Painting — 5
Sculpture — 2
Print — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	28	73.7%
Large (1–3 m)	9	23.7%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	2.6%

Range: 30.4 cm → 425.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1983	1
1984	22
1985	1
1986	1
1988	1
1991	1
1992	1
1995	1
1996	1
2001	1
2002	2
2004	1
2005	2
2006	1
2008	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 38 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 339.2008	n.d.	Gouache on paper, with photo collage	27 x 19 1/2" (68.6 x 49.5 cm) (irreg) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Steingrim Laursen Bequest
Wooden Room Painting Acc. 1143.2001	1972	Charcoal and oil on burlap	9' 10" x 7' 2 1/2" (299.7 x 219.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation, Inc.
Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Arminius's Battle Painting Acc. 100.2002	1978	Oil on woodcut on paper mounted on canvas	6' 5 1/4" x 7' 10 1/4" (196.2 x 239.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
Des Malers Atelier Drawing Acc. 2047.2005	(1980)	Synthetic polymer paint, oil stick, watercolor, pencil, and gouache on paper	19 1/2 x 25 1/8" (49.5 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Grane Print Acc. 112.1995	(1980-93)	Woodcut with paint and collage additions	composition and sheet (irreg.): 9' 1 1/16" x 8' 2 1/2" (277.1 x 250.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given in honor of Riva Castleman by The Committee on Painting and Sculpture, The Associates Fund, Molly and Walter Bareiss, Nelson Blitz, Jr. with Catherine Woodard and Perri and Allison Blitz, Agnes Gund, The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation, Howard B. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Schimmel, and the Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
Midsummer Night III Sculpture Acc. 75.1991.a-b	1980	Book of twenty-three double page photographs with synthetic polymer paint and graphite mounted on cardboard, and cover of graphite and synthetic polymer paint on paper mounted on cardboard, bound cloth, on a steel lectern designed by the artist	Book 23 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5" (60.4 x 45.1 x 12.7 cm), lectern 61 x 35 x 27 1/2" (155 x 88.9 x 69.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Ride to the Vistula Painting Acc. 184.1996	1980	Oil on canvas	51 1/8 x 67" (129.95 x 170.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Birth of Painting (Nascita della Pittura) Drawing Acc. 308.1983	(1981)	Synthetic polymer paint and oil on gelatin silver print	23 1/4 x 31" (58.8 x 78.7 cm) (irreg ) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
To the Unknown Painter (Dem unbekannten Maler) Drawing Acc. 117.2002.a-c	1982	Watercolor and pencil on three sheets of paper	25 x 52 1/4" (63.5 x 132.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of UBS
Back cover from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.21	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 16 1/2" (59 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Der Rhein Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.1-21	1983	Illustrated book with twenty-one woodcuts	page: 23 1/4 x 16 1/2" (59 x 42 cm) Prints: various dimensions ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Der Rhein Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.13	1983		irreg. composition 22 3/4 x 32 15/16" (57.8 x 83.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 1 verso and 2) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.2	1983		irreg. composition 23 3/16 x 33 3/16" (58.9 x 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 10 verso and 11) from Der Rhein Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.11	1983	Woodcut	irreg. composition: 23 3/16 x 33 1/4" (58.9 x 84.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 11 verso and 12) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.12	1983		irreg. composition 22 5/8 x 32 15/16" (57.5 x 83.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 13 verso and 14) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.14	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 33 3/16" (59 x 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 14 verso and 15) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.15	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 33 3/16" (59 x 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 15 verso and 16) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.16	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 33 3/16" (59 x 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 16 verso and 17) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.17	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 33 1/8" (59 x 84.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 17 verso and 18) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.18	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/8 x 33 1/4" (58.8 x 84.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 18 verso and 19) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.19	1983		irreg. composition 22 15/16 x 33 1/8" (58.2 x 84.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 19 verso and 20) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.20	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 33 3/16" (59 x 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 2 verso and 3) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.3	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 33" (59 x 83.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 3 verso and 4) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.4	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 32 11/16" (59 x 83.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 4 verso and 5) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.5	1983	Double page plate from an illustrated book with twenty-one woodcuts	irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 32 7/8" (59 x 83.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 5 verso and 6) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.6	1983		irreg. composition 23 1/4 x 33 1/8" (59 x 84.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 6 verso and 7) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.7	1983		irreg. composition 23 3/16 x 33 3/16" (58.9 x 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 7 verso and 8) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.8	1983		irreg. composition 22 13/16 x 33 1/8" (57.9 x 84.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 8 verso and 9) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.9	1983		irreg. composition 22 15/16 x 33 3/16" (58.3 x 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Double page plate (folios 9 verso and 10) from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.10	1983		irreg. composition 22 7/8 x 33 1/8" (58.1 x 84.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Front cover from DER RHEIN Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1984.1	1983		irreg. composition 22 11/16 x 16 1/2" (57.6 x 41.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Auszug aus Aegypten (Departure from Egypt) Drawing Acc. 117.1986	1984	Synthetic polymer paint, charcoal, and string on cut-and-pasted gelatin silver on board	43 1/8 x 33 1/2" (109.5 x 85 cm) (irreg) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Denise and Andrew Saul Fund
The Red Sea Painting Acc. 211.1985	1984-85	Oil, lead, woodcut, photograph, and shellac on canvas	9' 1 3/4" x 13' 11 3/8" (278.8 x 425.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Enid A. Haupt Fund
Splitting I and II Sculpture Acc. 24.1988.a-d	1986	Two-volume book of clay, photographs, synthetic polymer paint, glass, porcelain, and copper wire on board, bound with canvas, each on a steel lectern designed by the artist	Volume I 27 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 4 3/4" (70.4 x 50.2 x 12.2 cm), volume II 28 x 20 x 3 1/2" (71 x 50.8 x 8.9 cm), lecterns, each 41 x 43 5/8 x 26 1/2" (104 x 110.1 x 67.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel
A.D. Painting Acc. 306.1992	1989	Chalk and entrails on treated lead	7' 11 1/8" x 51 7/8" x 1 5/8" (243.1 x 131.8 x 4.2 cm) including steel frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
A.E.I.O.U. from the Museum in Progress project TransAct 2 – Linguistic Fields Print Acc. 514.2006.304	(newspaper published June 11, 2002)	Lithograph, offset printed	sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Die Ungeborenen Illustrated Book Acc. 425.2004.1-18	2002	Illustrated book with eighteen digital prints with ash and lead collage	Page: 11 15/16 x 9 1/8" (30.4 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Steigend, Sinke Nieder Drawing Acc. 2048.2005	2003	Synthetic polymer paint, charcoal, and synthetic hair on cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints	48 x 39" (121.9 x 99.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift