Artist
Anna Blume(German, 1937–2020)German, 1937–2020
Artist
Bernhard Blume (German, 1937–2011)German, 1937–2011
CultureGerman
Titles
- Odipale Komplikationen
- Oedipal Complications
Date1977–1978
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage (each): 9 × 6 7/16 in. (22.8 × 16.3 cm)
Sheet (each): 9 × 6 7/16 in. (22.8 × 16.3 cm)
Mount (each): 10 3/8 × 7 13/16 in. (26.4 × 19.8 cm)
Sheet (each): 9 × 6 7/16 in. (22.8 × 16.3 cm)
Mount (each): 10 3/8 × 7 13/16 in. (26.4 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2018
Object number2018.194.A-.M
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
The Blumes began their artistic collaboration in 1970, producing what
they have called a “lifelong photo-novel.” In their work, the artists perform
the roles of a typical German middle-class couple, but the situations they
enact for the camera are hilarious, odd, and out of control. The contrast
between normalcy and eccentricity is evident in Oedipal Complications,
in which Bernhard Blume and his mother jump, twist, roll, and collapse, not on
a playground or in a gymnasium, but amid the quaint furnishings of a living
room.
ProvenanceAnna Blume, Köln, Germany; [Galerie Françoise Paviot, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[Each panel signed, titled, dated and numbered on verso in white ink]
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