The Big Night Down the Drain
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Die große Nacht im Eimer ("The Big Night Down The Drain") is a painting (oil on canvas, 250 x 180 cm) by Georg Baselitz. It was painted in the years 1962/1963 and hangs today in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
The picture shows a boy after masturbating.
In October, 1963, the work, as well as the picture Der nackte Mann, shown in the west-Berliner gallery Werner & Katz (Baselitz first solo exhibition), was seized by the public prosecutor's office because of immorality. The criminal proceedings ended in 1965 with the return of the pictures.
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