(born in Liberec in 1941)
Der heilige Franziskus verhindert die Vernichtung der Ratten, 1987, signed with the artist´s monogram M. L.,
signed and titled on the reverse Der hl./Franziskus
verhindert/ die Vernichtung der Ratten Markus Lüpertz,
oil, plaster and crayon on corrugated cardboard applied
on wood, 241 x 157 cm, framed

Provenance:
Galleria Due Ci Arte Moderna, Rome, there acquired in 1988 by the present owner
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Rome, Markus Lüpertz, Galleria Due Ci, 1988, ill. on the exhibition catalogue’s cover and on p. 10 (with reverse image)
“Refigured” Painting-The German Image 1960–1988”, (travelling exhibition): Toledo (Ohio), Museum of Art, October 1988/January 1989; New York, The Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, February/April 1989; Williamstown (Massachusetts), Williams College Museum of Art, February/March 1989, exh. cat. p. 117;
Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Kunstmuseum, May/July 1989;
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, September/November 1989;
Madrid, Markus Lüpertz, a retrospective 1963–1990, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, February/May 1991,
exh. cat. p. 181
Bonn, Markus Lüpertz, Hauptwege und Nebenwege,
eine Retrospektive, Bilder und Skulpturen 1963–2009,
Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, October 2009/January 2010, exh. cat. p. 123
Catanzaro, BerlinOttanta, Pittura irruente, Museo delle Arti MARCA, April/October 2011, cat. pl. 30
Rovereto, La magnifica ossessione, Museo MART, October 2012/February 2014, exh. cat. p. 144
Rovereto, Collezione permanente-L’irruzione del Contemporaneo, Museo MART, 2015/2017 (exh. without catalogue)

Literature:
G. Carandente/K. Heymer/L. Cherubini, Markus Lüpertz, F. lli Fabbri ed., Milan 1994, ill. on the cover and on p. 86