Bohemia lies by the sea - SKETCHLINE

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1996

Bohemia lies by the sea

author

Anselm Kiefer

description

Mediums: oil, emulsion, shellac, charcoal, powdered paint, burlap.
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA.

Orange poppies that grow along a ridge usually symbolize death and dreams. Kiefer took this title from the title of the poem by Ingeborg Bachmann, an Austrian writer. Her poem centers around a longing for utopian lands.