Lot 422: LOTHAR HEMPEL

Morning Rain
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.


Installation comprised of four colored stones, found umbrella, butterfly, metal wire, nails and screws, neoprene, string, fabric, fabric flowers and adhesive on metal rod, painted wooden doll with fabric, leather strips, cotton, synthetic hair and buttons on a painted wooden base.

67 1/4 x 40 x 33 in. (170.8 x 101.6 x 83.8 cm).

2005

F. Derieux, ed., Lothar Hempel: Alphabet City, Zurich, 2007, p. 125 (illustrated)

Anton Kern Gallery, New York

Presented as both sculpture and theatrical maquette, Lothar Hempel’s Morning Rain offers a sentiment of naïve elegance. Constructed from simple craft media such as fabric and newspaper, Hempel draws from the enchantment of imagination, converting everyday materials into a fanciful puppet theatre. Consciously exposing the process of his making, Hempel’s figure makes no pretence to illusion. It’s interpretation as fictional scene, fragile museum piece, exotic artefact, or simply formalist intrigue is openly offered for viewer’s participation in Hempel’s suggested fantasy. (Courtesy of Patricia Ellis)