381
Günther Uecker
Graphein, 2002.
Book in 42 parts with 12 embossed prints in the...
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000 Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 41,910 (incl. surcharge)
Graphein. 2002.
Book in 42 parts with 12 embossed prints in the original plexiglass slipcase.
Signed and dated in the imprint, each of the 12 embossed prints is signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 10 Roman numbered copies. Embossing prints on firm handmade wove paper. Prints: 70 x 50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 in), each size of sheet. Slipcase:
Typographic design by Hans-Peter Willberg. Published by Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, and Edouard Weiss, Paris, 2022. Lacking the 3 sheets of texts by Günter Uecker. [EH].
• Günther Uecker celebrates writing as an act of painting and drawing at the same time.
• The twelve large-format prints transfer his nail fields' highly dynamic structure of movement to a print medium.
• Günther Uecker took part in documenta II and IV in 1964 and 1968.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
LITERATURE: Dorothea und Martin van der Koelen, Günther Uecker. Opus Liber. Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960-2005, ed. by Britta Julia Dombrowe, Mainz 2007, no. L 0203.
Book in 42 parts with 12 embossed prints in the original plexiglass slipcase.
Signed and dated in the imprint, each of the 12 embossed prints is signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 10 Roman numbered copies. Embossing prints on firm handmade wove paper. Prints: 70 x 50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 in), each size of sheet. Slipcase:
Typographic design by Hans-Peter Willberg. Published by Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, and Edouard Weiss, Paris, 2022. Lacking the 3 sheets of texts by Günter Uecker. [EH].
• Günther Uecker celebrates writing as an act of painting and drawing at the same time.
• The twelve large-format prints transfer his nail fields' highly dynamic structure of movement to a print medium.
• Günther Uecker took part in documenta II and IV in 1964 and 1968.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
LITERATURE: Dorothea und Martin van der Koelen, Günther Uecker. Opus Liber. Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960-2005, ed. by Britta Julia Dombrowe, Mainz 2007, no. L 0203.
381
Günther Uecker
Graphein, 2002.
Book in 42 parts with 12 embossed prints in the...
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000 Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 41,910 (incl. surcharge)