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Heroic Symbols

Anselm Kiefer, 1969

MEDIUMWatercolor and gouache on paper
DIMENSIONSa: 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (16.2 × 16.2 cm)
LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor whose monumental works confront the dark shadows of German history and the Holocaust, often incorporating materials like lead, straw, and ash.

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