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Untitled (Figure with Raised Arm) (© The artist)
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Untitled (Figure with Raised Arm)

Artist: Georg Baselitz (born 1938)

Location: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Date: 1982 - 1984

Materials: limewood & oil paint

Dimensions: 253 x 71 x 46cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £242,000)

Vendor: Galerie Michael Werner

Review number: 3538 (1990)

Provenance:
Georg Baselitz.

Description:
The sculpture is 'drawn' by means of forcefully direct hacking and gouging at the wood. In this work, Baselitz draws in an unexpected way on long traditions of wood engraving and limewood sculpture in Germany.

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