Emanation
In this abstract composition made of various photographs that have been cut and torn, treated to various processes of surface change, and then assembled, we chart a mysterious form traveling down through the clouds, materially transforming as it approaches the landscape. Kiefer inscribed the word "emanation" along the right side of the work, as if identifying where the heavenly form first meets the earthly realm.
Artwork Details
- Title: Emanation
- Artist: Anselm Kiefer (German, born Donaueschingen, 1945)
- Date: 1985
- Medium: Shellac and crayon on cut, torn, and pasted gelatin silver prints
- Dimensions: 30 × 26 in. (76.2 × 66 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995
- Object Number: 1995.14.40
- Rights and Reproduction: © Anselm Kiefer
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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