View out the Window

1982
(German, 1938-)
Overall: 249.9 x 199.4 cm (98 3/8 x 78 1/2 in.)
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location: not on view

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Georg Baselitz's first inverted figures included abstract portraits of his wife, Elke, and his friends in the German art world.

Description

In 1969 Georg Baselitz challenged painting traditions through a foundational reversal: he began rendering the human figure upside down. This departure established a new pictorial convention for the artist that he developed in subsequent years. The work's expressive brushwork and bright, raw colors endow the disorienting image with strong emotional energy, evocative of inner turmoil.
View out the Window

View out the Window

1982

Georg Baselitz

(German, 1938-)
Germany, 20th century

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