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Le Gardien de Némésis
Le Gardien de Némésis
Horst Egon Kalinowski, Der Wächter der Nemesis, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn; Foto: Kunstpalast - Henning Krause - ARTOTHEK

Le Gardien de Némésis, 1965

The Guardian of Nemesis
ArtistHorst Egon Kalinowski, Düsseldorf 1924–2013
Wood, leather, cord, metal
(H x W x D)195 × 80 × 25 cm
Status
not on display
About the workHorst Egon Kalinowski's work is characterised by the use of worn leather. From the mid-1950s onwards, he employed the material to cover object boxes. Thanks to these so-called Caissons (boxes), the tanned animal skin symbolically retains its original function: to protect and to preserve. In this fragile yet robust-looking piece by the Düsseldorf-born artist, the inside and outside are separated by a leather casing. Both old and new signs of wear and ageing refer to the object’s history.
AccessionKemp Collection Foundation
ProvenanceApril 1967 Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) erworben von der Galerie Rothe, Heidelberg; 2011 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp
Inventory number0.mkp.2011.Kemp103
Contact
sammlung@kunstpalast.de
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