Günther Uecker - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, October 12, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Wassermann, Munich
    Private Collection (acquired from the above)
    Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 December 2017, lot 49
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Literature

    Jürgen Harten, Uecker : Bibliophile Werke, exh. cat., Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen am Neckar, 1983, no. 62, n.p. (another variant illustrated)
    Britta Julia Dombrowe, Maria Linsmann, Redepflicht und Schweigefluss : Bücher und bibliophile Werke von Günther Uecker, Mainz, 2007, p1. 256, no. L8103 (another variant illustrated)

147

Bildrituale - Entstehung eines Werkes (Fotoumwandlung)

signed and dated 'Uecker 81' lower right
kaolin, nails and canvas on plywood
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.

Estimate
£50,000 - 60,000 ‡♠

Sold for £63,500

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 12 October 2023