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On two occassions, Yota Batsaki, scholar and executive director of Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard University research center, museum and historic garden in Washington, DC, has published articles on Anselm Kiefer's Geheimnis der Farne (2007) and Die Erdzeitalter (2014).

Links to her research can be found below:

Batsaki, Yota. "The Apocalyptic Herbarium: Mourning and Transformation in Anselm Kiefer's Secret of the Ferns." Environmental Humanities 13, no. 2 (November 2021): 391-413.

Batsaki, Yota. "Picturing Time in the Anthropocene: Anselm Kiefer's Ages of the World (2014)." Environmental History 28, no. 4 (October 2023): 766-84.

Selected Works

Anselm Kiefer, Töchter Liliths (Lilith’s Daughters), 1986

Anselm Kiefer, Töchter Liliths (Lilith’s Daughters), 1986, oil, emulsion, shellac, sand, fabric, and photographs on panel in steel-and-glass frame, 120 1/2 x 113 3/8 in.

Anselm Kiefer, Sprache der Vögel (Language of the Birds), 1989

Anselm Kiefer, Sprache der Vögel (Language of the Birds), 1989, lead, steel, wood, oil, plaster, resin, and acrylic, 114 3/16 × 194 1/8 × 66 15/16 in.

Anselm Kiefer Lilith's Töchter, 1991

Anselm Kiefer
Lilith's Töchter, 1991
paint, paper, fabric, resin, metal and caulk on wood panel
90 x 88 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Anselm Kiefer, Dein Haus ritt die finstere Welle (Your House Rode the Dark Wave), 2006

Anselm Kiefer, Dein Haus ritt die finstere Welle (Your House Rode the Dark Wave), 2006, oil, emulsion, acrylic, charcoal, lead, branches, metal, and wood on canvas, 144 1/2 × 130 3/8 × 32 in

Anselm Kiefer, Geheimnis der Farne (Secret of the Ferns), 2007

Anselm Kiefer, Geheimnis der Farne (Secret of the Ferns), 2007, forty-eight paintings (clay, argile, ferns, and emulsion), each 74 13/16 × 55 1/8 in., and three concrete sculptures, overall dimensions variable

Anselm Kiefer, Leviathan und Behemoth (2x5 Aufnahmen), 2013, silver emulsion and mixed media on photography in a glazed and steel frame, 53 9/16 x 253 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches

Anselm Kiefer, Leviathan und Behemoth (2x5 Aufnahmen), 2013, silver emulsion and mixed media on photography in a glazed and steel frame, 53 9/16 x 253 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches

Anselm Kiefer, Die Erdzeitalter, 2014, two gouache and charcoal works on photographic paper and canvas and one sculpture, dimensions variable

Anselm Kiefer, Die Erdzeitalter, 2014, two gouache and charcoal works on photographic paper and canvas and one sculpture, dimensions variable

Anselm Kiefer, Die Walküren (The Valkyries), 2016

Anselm Kiefer, Die Walküren (The Valkyries), 2016, glass, metal, fabric, shellac, plaster, lead, dried plants, and ashes, 115 3/8 × 220 1/2 × 90 15/16 in.

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