Putzfrau

"Putzfrau" by Martin Kippenberger is a mixed media collage that combines a color photograph with pen and ink drawing on repurposed hotel stationery, mounted on card and framed by the artist. The work exemplifies Kippenberger's characteristic appropriation of everyday materials and his irreverent approach to artistic production, transforming mundane ephemera into gallery objects. The inclusion of a plastic text plate adds another layer of readymade materiality to the composition, reflecting the artist's broader investigation into the boundaries between fine art and vernacular culture.