67 Improved Papertigers Not Afraid of Repetition,
Martin Kippenberger
German, 1953–1997
1987
An artist's book composed of lithographs in which Martin Kippenberger repeats and tweaks a single motif—playful, self-mocking tableaux—to test how repetition shapes meaning and artistic persona.
The plain white cover, set in restrained typography, centers a small color photograph of a rumpled bed and studio furniture, an intimate, domestic scene that wryly undercuts the book’s boastful title.
By turning serial images and deadpan irony into a printed edition, Kippenberger exposed the performative construction of the artist and helped open paths for postmodern, appropriation-driven practices in late twentieth-century art.
Medium
Artist's book, lithograph printed
Dimensions
page (each): 9 11/16 × 6 5/8" (24.6 × 16.8 cm); overall (closed): 9 9/16 × 6 5/8 × 1/8" (24.3 × 16.8 × 0.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund and through the generosity of Philip E. Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons
Accession
586.2015
Palette
Exhibitions
