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Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Hermann's Battle

A work made of woodcut with additions in acrylic and shellac on ivory wove paper.

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  • A work made of woodcut with additions in acrylic and shellac on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1980

Artist:

Anselm Kiefer
German, born 1945

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Anselm Kiefer

Title

Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Hermann's Battle

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1980

Medium

Woodcut with additions in acrylic and shellac on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

344.8 × 528.3 cm (135 3/4 × 208 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Noel Rothman, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Manilow, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goldenberg, and the Wirt D. Walker Fund

Reference Number

1986.112

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