Sale: 496 / Evening Sale, Dec. 06. 2019 in Munich Lot 132

 

132
Günther Uecker
Bewegtes Feld, 1983.
Nails and white paint on canvas, on panel
Estimate:
€ 140,000 / $ 151,200
Sold:
€ 237,500 / $ 256,500

(incl. surcharge)
Bewegtes Feld. 1983.
Nails and white paint on canvas, on panel.
Verso signed, dated, titled, inscribed and with a direction arrow. 40 x 40 x 9 cm (15.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 in).

• Particularly harmonious example of the moved nail fields.
• In private possession for 35 years.
• The rhythmically arranged nails fully cover and expand the image carrier
.

The work is registered at the Uecker archive under the number GU.83.013 and has been earmarked for inlcusion into the forthcoming catalog raisonné.

PROVENANCE: Erker Galerie, St. Gallen.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (acquired directly from aforementioned).

"The nail fields, which the artist continues to make, appear a lot more dynamic and more eventful than ealier ones. […] These moved fields are made of heavier materials while the appear with a much lighter aesthetic and count among the most virtuoso accomplishments that Uecker attained in context of his operating principle."
Dieter Honisch, Günther Uecker, Stuttgart 1983, p. 93.




132
Günther Uecker
Bewegtes Feld, 1983.
Nails and white paint on canvas, on panel
Estimate:
€ 140,000 / $ 151,200
Sold:
€ 237,500 / $ 256,500

(incl. surcharge)