The Raft of the Medusa
In the final two series, Kippenberger first can be seen posing like Picasso’s last wife, Jacqueline, subtitling the piece "The Paintings Pablo Couldn’t Paint Anymore". In the complex of lithographs entitled "Medusa" (1996), Kippenberger used photography as his starting point although, this time, he himself posed for wife and photographer Elfie Semotan, mimicking the postures of the characters in the famous painting "The Raft of the Medusa" (1819) by Théodore Géricault (1791-1824).