KIPPENBERGER
MARTIN
Untitled
Published: Christie’s New York, November 2014
Candace Wetmore, Editor
Tim Balboni, Design
Robert Brown, Text
Archival Interview with Martin Kippenberger
The Painting.
Martin Kippenberger’s Untitled sold for $22,565,000, marking it as a world record price for the artist.
The Book.
Published to coincide with the sale of Martin Kippenberger’s Untitled at Christie’s New York in November 2014.
“In his worst periods he looked like a shabby artist: unwashed, drunk, fat. So he pulled his underpants up over his belly like Picasso, stuck out his paunch, had a photo taken... Every weakness became a strength when transformed into art, even if the pain remained.”
— Susanne Kippenberger