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Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Krefeld Project, Dining Room, Scene #2
Photo: Nathaniel Willson

Krefeld Project, Dining Room, Scene #2

Date2003
Label TextIn 1927 Mies van der Rohe built two adjacent private villas, known as Haus Lange and Haus Esters, in the German city of Krefeld. They are celebrated icons of the Bauhaus school’s new design, where Van der Rohe was a teacher. Fischl was invited to turn one of the buildings—which are museums today—into a theatrical stage. He selected furniture and artwork and hired two professional actors to enact intimate scenarios. Over four days, Fischl took some 2000 photographs and turned a handful of the resulting images into paintings.
Object number2014.25.19
Provenance[Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, Apr. 4, 1985
Photo CreditPhoto: Nathaniel Willson
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Cinema Scenes, May 20 - Nov. 16, 2009
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions89 x 124 in. (226.1 x 315 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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