kaolin, nails and canvas on plywood

signed and dated 'Uecker 81' lower right

72.2 x 63 cm (28 3/8 x 24 3/4 in.)

Executed in 1981. This work is registered in the archive of Günther Uecker under no. GU.81.123.6. and is the unique lid element of a collaboration between Swiss photographer Rolf Schröter and Günther Uecker and does not contain the photographs and box.

The work in its entirety was comprised of the wooden box, of which the lid is a nail relief, containing a text from Günther Uecker and 22 original photographs by Rolf Schröter, each overpainted/overworked by Günther Uecker.