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Martin Kippenberger

Artist

WA-00003361

Performance Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

367

Works in Collection

663

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ736247

MoMA

Field Verification (7 fields)

0 cross-verified · 7 single-source

LocationGallery Hauser + Gallery· 80%
Birth yearGallery· 60%
Death yearGallery· 60%
NationalityGallery· 60%
Primary mediumGallery· 60%
BiographyGallery· 60%
Profile imageGallery· 60%

Source Registry (6)

Petzelhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/martin-kippenberger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/martin-kippenberger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/martin-kippenberger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/martin-kippenberger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3111
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Anton-Kern
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Performance Art

Medium

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (367)

No Drawing No Cry,

2000 · Artist's book, lithograph printed

page (each): 11 5/8 × 8 3/16" (29.5 × 20.8 cm); overall (closed): 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 1 1/4" (29.5 × 21 × 3.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Respective 1997 - 1976

1997 · Lithograph on paper

image: 997 x 678 mm

Tate

The Eggman and his Outriggers

1997 · Lithograph on paper

image: 838 x 593 mm

Tate

Window Shopping Until Two in the Morning

1997 · Lithograph on paper

image: 838 x 592 mm

Tate

Martin Kippenberger, The Happy End of Franz Kafka's 'Amerika'. Théodore Géricault, Le Radeau de la Méduse (Version 2),

1997 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 9 7/16 × 6 1/2" (23.9 × 16.5 cm); overall (closed): 9 7/16 × 6 9/16 × 5/16" (23.9 × 16.7 × 0.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kâthe-Kollwitz-Preis 1996,

1997 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 6 5/16 × 9 3/8" (16 × 23.8 cm); overall (closed): 6 5/16 × 9 3/8 × 3/16" (16 × 23.8 × 0.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kippenberger sans peine | Kippenberger leicht gemacht,

1997 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 9 7/16 × 6 5/8" (23.9 × 16.8 cm); overall (closed): 9 7/16 × 6 3/4 × 7/16" (24 × 17.2 × 1.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Der Eiermann und seine Ausleger,

1997 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 7 5/8 × 6 7/16" (19.4 × 16.4 cm); overall (closed): 7 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 3/8" (19.4 × 16.5 × 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Prints ,

1997 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 8 1/4 × 5 13/16" (20.9 × 14.8 cm); overall (folded): 8 1/4 × 6 × 1/4" (20.9 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm); overall (unfolded): 8 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 1/16" (20.9 × 75 × 0.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Martin Kippenberger, The Happy End of Franz Kafka's 'Amerika'. Théodore Géricault, Le Radeau de la Méduse (Version 1),

1997 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 9 7/16 × 6 1/2" (23.9 × 16.5 cm); overall (closed): 9 7/16 × 6 9/16 × 5/16" (23.9 × 16.7 × 0.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Never give up before it's too late | N´abandonne jamais avant qu´il soit trop tard,

1997 · Book, lithograph printed

page (each): 5 7/8 × 4 1/16" (14.9 × 10.3 cm); overall (closed): 5 7/8 × 4 3/16 × 3/16" (14.9 × 10.6 × 0.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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METRO-Net Transportable Subway Entrance (Crushed)

1997 · Aluminum

9' 6 3/4" x 8' 1/2" x 27' 3" (291.5 x 245.1 x 829 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Forgotten Interior Design Problems in Villa Hügel

1996 · Lithograph on paper

image: 838 x 590 mm

Tate

Forgotten Interior Design Problems in the Villa Hügel (2nd version)

1996 · Lithograph on paper

image: 840 x 591 mm

Tate

Please don’t sit on the Pictures

1996 · Lithograph on paper

image: 698 x 498 mm

Tate

Martin Art Kippenberger (No Rocket)

1996 · Lithograph on paper

image: 898 x 599 mm

Tate

Kippenberger / Géricault Memento Metropolis

1996 · Screenprint on paper

image: 598 x 398 mm

Tate

Matisse’s Studio Sublet to Spiderman

1996 · Lithograph on paper

image: 578 x 398 mm

Tate

Michel Wûrthle: Appetiti ,

1996 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 9 7/16 × 6 5/8" (23.9 × 16.8 cm); overall (closed): 9 7/16 × 6 3/4 × 7/16" (24 × 17.1 × 1.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sonne Busen Hammer, no. 15. Die Exjunggesellennummer.,

1996 · Periodical, lithograph printed

page (each): 5 13/16 × 4 1/8" (14.7 × 10.4 cm); overall (closed): 5 13/16 × 4 1/8 × 1/16" (14.7 × 10.4 × 0.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vergessene Einrichtungsprobleme in der Villa Hügel (Villa Merkel) | Forgotten Interior Design Problems at Home,

1996 · Artist's book, lithograph printed

page (each): 6 9/16 × 9 5/16" (16.6 × 23.6 cm); overall (closed): 6 9/16 × 9 3/8 × 7/16" (16.6 × 23.8 × 1.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marcus Geiger, Martin Kippenberger, Peter Kogler, Franz West, Can Yasargil, Heimo Zobernig, Johann Widauer. Collectors Choice,

1996 · Catalogue, lithograph printed

page (each): 11 11/16 × 8 1/8" (29.7 × 20.7 cm); overall (closed): 11 11/16 × 8 1/4 × 1/2" (29.7 × 20.9 × 1.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Majestic)

1996 · Colored pencil, felt-tip pen, and ballpoint pen on two pieces of hotel stationery in artist's frame

8 1/4 x 11 1/4" (21 x 28.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self Portrait (Anchorage Hotel)

1995 · Red colored pencil on printed, blue-gray wove paper

27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

367 published of 627 catalogued · 519 with image

MoMA
234 publishedof 494 catalogued386 img
Tate
109 published109 img
Art Institute Chicago
24 published24 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Washing Line the Wrong Way Round
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
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Buchholz + Schipper
1990 · Tate · 1 prov
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Germany Bulletin
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
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Candidature for a Retrospective
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
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Forgotten Interior Design Problems in Villa Hügel
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s America
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
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Kippenberger / Géricault Memento Metropolis
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
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Kippenberger
1992 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Perspective-Shit
1986 · Tate · 1 prov
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This Guy is playing on Luxus
1979 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

36 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements1

Performance Art

Collections3

Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg

Visual Arts

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