Hanne Darboven - Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One London Thursday, June 6, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, pp. 90-91

  • Catalogue Essay

    The six models are three-dimensional diagrammatical representations of Darboven's notations, which catalogue her interpretations of date/time calculations. Only the first (A) and last (Ω) notations were used for the editions.

36

ABC-Arbeit (A-Ω)

2007/08
The complete set of six plywood scale models on MDF boards, with accompanying 68 pages of reproduced notations and three photographs, contained in plastic sleeves within a black binder.
pair A. 38 x 50 x 6 cm (14 7/8 x 19 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
pair B. 62 x 50 x 6 cm (24 3/8 x 19 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
pair C. 50 x 50 x 6 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
binder 32 x 29 x 2 cm (12 5/8 x 11 3/8 x 0 3/4 in.)

All models titled and numbered '1' from the edition of 12 (indicated by the clock face) in black felt-tip pen (there was also 1 artist's proof), published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for £5,625

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Anne Schneider-Wilson

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London
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Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019