The rabbit, originally a found object made of sheet iron, is part of Imi Knoebel’s work complex  Eigentum Himmelreich, dedicated to his friend Imi Giese, from 1983.

The studio view of Eigentum Himmelreich from 1983 shows the rabbit hanging freely on the  wall. In the same year, the work was presented for the first time at the Galerie Schoof in  Frankfurt a.M. and in 1984 at Le Consortium in Dijon, where the rabbit could be discovered  lying on a wall ledge. Further exhibitions followed at the Musée Municipal in La-Roche-sur Yon, in 1985 and in 1992 at the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, which purchased  Eigentum Himmelreich for the museum collection. In the large survey exhibition in 2014 at  the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Eigentum Himmelreich was shown in the first floor cabinets  overlooking the Japanese Garden. The rabbit was found here only at second glance, hidden behind the cabinet.