Schuhspanner oder Harem
Shoetree or Harem
Konrad Klapheck, Schuhspanner oder Harem © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Foto: Kunstpalast - LVR-ZMB - Joshua Esters

Shoetree or Harem, 1967/68

ArtistKonrad Klapheck, born 1935
Drucker*inHans Peter Alvermann, Düsseldorf 1931–2006 Breidenbach
PublisherRudolf Zwirner, born 1933
Colour lithograph
State/print versionII/II
Sheet dimensions69,2 × 49,9 cm
Status
on display, room 032.2
About the workKonrad Klapheck studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the 1950s. He chose his motifs from everyday items, machines and mechanical devices, which he himself categorised as either male or female. By considering these things worthy of depiction, they gained in significance. The way they are represented reinforces this idea – both in Klapheck’s large-format paintings as well as his smaller graphic prints. Evocative titles such as “Harem” highlight Klapheck’s own interpretation of these objects.
AccessionAcquisition 1968
Provenance[...]; 14.11.1968 angekauft von der Galerie Hella Nebelung, Düsseldorf
Inventory numberK 1968-66
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