Harvard Art Museums > 1993.205: The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah Books Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah (Anselm Kiefer) , 1993.205,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299983. Identification and Creation Object Number 1993.205 People Anselm Kiefer, German (Donaueschingen, Germany born 1945) Title The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah Other Titles Original Language Title: Die Himmelspaläste: Merkaba Classification Books Work Type artist's book Date 1990 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299983 Physical Descriptions Medium Ash and acrylic on gelatin silver prints mounted to bound cardboard Dimensions closed: 100.8 × 71 × 8 cm (39 11/16 × 27 15/16 × 3 1/8 in.) open (2 pages wide): 100.3 × 142.2 cm (39 1/2 × 56 in.) open with foldout (3 pages wide): 100.3 × 195.6 cm (39 1/2 × 77 in.) box: 17.8 × 86.4 × 118.1 cm (7 × 34 × 46 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Marian Goodman Gallery Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in honor of Arend Oetker through the generosity of a group of Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Copyright © Anselm Kiefer Accession Year 1993 Object Number 1993.205 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), pp. 116-117, ill. (color) Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 26 Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 240, ill. Related Works 1993.205.2 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 2 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.3 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 3 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.8 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 8 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.9 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 9 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.10 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 10 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.11 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 11 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.7 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 7 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.12 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 12 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.13 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 13 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.1 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 1 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.4 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 4 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.5 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 5 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.6 Anselm Kiefer Page opening 6 from "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.14 Anselm Kiefer Front cover of "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books 1993.205.15 Anselm Kiefer Back cover of "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah" Books Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
