Coup de Pied, 1960

Dimensions: 103.0 x 110.0 cm

Physical Description: Billboard-tearing on canvas

Inventory Number: 2284

Acquisition: Acquired in 2010 with funds from the Städelkomitee 21. Jahrhundert, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Status: On display, lower level, Contemporary Art, room 20

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About the Work

In what is a brutal attack on the panel painting, Raymond Hains mounted a torn-off poster surface onto a piece of canvas. It is not known for certain whether he intervened in his find in any way. As a member of the Nouveaux Réalistes, he handled reality in a provocative manner. In this décollage, the surface of the present breaks open to reveal shreds of the past; word and image fragments unite anew – a book, and a leg lifted to perform a ‘coup de pied’, a kick, are discernible. The result is a pictorially powerful visualisation of memory and history.

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KunstIStück – Raymond Hains: Coup de Pied

Sammlungshighlights des Städel Museums in unterhaltsamen und informativen Filmen – das sind die Kunst|Stücke. Entdecken Sie spannende Details zu Kunstwerken aus ungewöhnlichen Blickwinkeln in unter zwei Minuten. Raymond Hains: Coup de Pied (Fußtritt), 1960, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/de/werk/coup-de-pied#yt