Artist
Georg Baselitz (German, born 1938)German, born 1938
CultureGerman
Titles
- The Lamentation
Date1983
PlaceGermany
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions118 1/4 × 98 1/2 in. (300.4 × 250.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Charles Engelhard Foundation, the Vaughn Foundation Fund, and Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
Object number86.26
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History“States of War: New European and American Paintings,” Seattle Art Museum, April 18–June 23, 1985, cat. no. 2.
"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 21–September 3, 1988.
"Modern and Contemporary Art: Spotlight on the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 7–August 27, 2000. [No catalogue].
"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2007–March 2, 2008. [No catalogue].
“Contemporary Art: Selections from the Museum’s Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 3–September 21, 2014. [No catalogue].
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated in pink paint at lower right recto: "G.B. 17 XII 83"
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Rackstraw Downes
1991
Oil on canvas
92.469
