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Mord
Murder
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Murder, 1887

ArtistHermann Emil Pohle, Düsseldorf 1863–1914 Düsseldorf
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions without frame97,8 × 72,5 × 2,5 cm
Dimensions with frame106,7 × 82,3 × 6,7 cm
Status
on display, room 020
About the workThis motif is unusual both for the landscape painter Hermann Emil Pohle and for the time in which it was created. He may have produced it for the 1887 art exhibition "A Forged Picture Gallery", organised by the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten. The exhibition featured ironic imitations of well-known paintings. Pohle’s work could be a parody of Arthur Kampf’s painting "The Final Statement", which depicts a mortally wounded man giving testimony to the police. In contrast, Pohle exaggerates the staging of misery and murder, turning it into a bloodthirsty spectacle, thereby critiquing its artificial dramatisation.
AccessionAcquisition 2024
Provenance[...]; November 2024 erworben vom Düsseldorfer Auktionshaus
Inventory numberM 2024-6
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