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

Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019

  • Literature

    Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, p. 96 and pp. 382-383

  • Catalogue Essay

    "Olafur Eliasson belongs to a generation of artists who in the 90's explored and expanded the boundaries between art, science and nature and the perception there-of. For years, the artist has transferred natural phenomena such as water, light, wind, temperature and movement into the art context using simple technical aids, always clearly emphasizing for the viewer the technology involved. In his sculptures, installations, and photographs, Eliasson's artistic interest is focused on dialogic processes occurring between the viewer and his perception. the elemental naturalness of the materials employed - like water and earth - produce an open structure to his work."

    - Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, p. 96

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Olafur Eliasson

Jökulsgilskvisl (Glacier Canyon Fork), from Double Exposure

2003
The complete set of two chromogenic prints, on photo paper flush-mounted to Forex board (as issued), the full sheets.
both S. 40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
Both signed in black ink and numbered 'H.C. 2/2' in pencil on a label affixed to the reverse (one of 2 hors commerce sets, the edition was 45 and 10 artist's proofs), published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York, both framed.

Estimate
£1,500 - 2,000 ♠

Sold for £2,000

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Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019