End of Life 3 (Gudrun Ensslin)     2013/14
acrylic paint / canvas      65 x 65 cms     25.6 x 25.6"
PB.12.4.13.10
The series of paintings 'End of Life' refers to the death of four members of the Red Army Faction (1970-1998) in the prison Stammheim in Stuttgart in the German Federal Republic. This painting is about the death of Gudrun Ensslin (1940-1977).
For further details see the Information provided with the painting 'End of Life 1 (Ulrike Meinhof)'.

Translation:
- 'Hinter einer braunen Wolldecke hing Gudrun Ensslin am Fenstergitter, erhängt am Kabel ihres Plattenspielers'.
- 'Gudrun Ensslin hung behind a brown woolen blanket from the bars of her window, strangled by the cord of het record player'.


References
Aust, Stefan
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
2008, Hoffman und Campe Verlag, Hamburg

Rote Armee Fraktion. Texte und Materialien zur Geschichte der RAF
1997 ID-Verlag, Berlin

'Stammheim Intern'
Stern Magazin nr. 45, 27 oktober 1977

 
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