Cafe Deutschland 38. Parteitag

1983

German, 1945 - 2007

Oil on canvas

78 3/4 x 118 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (200 x 300 x 3.8 cm)

Gift of Jeffrey and Susan Brotman in honor of Kimerly Rorschach

2019.23

Provenance: The artist; [Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany]; [Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York]; Estelle Schwartz, New York, New York, by 1984; [Sotheby’s, New York, Nov. 10, 1986, lot no. 90]; private collection, Germany (on loan to Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, 1988-2010); [Simon C. Dickinson Ltd., London]; purchased from gallery by Jeffrey and Susan Brotman, Seattle, Washington, 2011; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2019

Photo: Mark Woods

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Jörg Immendorff: Paintings and Prints, 1983.

Düsseldorf, Germany, Ratinger Hof, 38. Parteitag, June 14, 1983.

Paris, France, Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Dec. 3, 1983 - Jan. 7, 1984.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, Images and Impressions: Painters Who Print, Sept. 23 - Nov. 25, 1984. Text by Elizabeth Armstrong, et al. Cat. no. 69, pp. 34-35, reproduced.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Material Difference: German Perspectives, Mar. 1, 2019 - Apr. 26, 2020 [on view Oct. 1, 2019 - Apr. 26, 2020].

Published ReferencesFreeman, Phyllis, ed. New Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984; pp. 106-107, reproduced.

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