Modern, Post War & Contemporary, Evening Sale
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Lot 617 | Günther Uecker | "Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit"
Estimate
20.000
- 30.000
€
D F
Result:
(incl. premium)
50.160 €
UECKER, GÜNTHER
1930 Wendorf
Title: "Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit".
Date: 1978.
Technique: Newspaper and nails.
Measurement: 37 x 27,5 x 12cm.
Notation: Signed and dated verso lower centre: Uecker 78. Titled verso along the upper and left edge: Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit.
Frame/Pedestal: Glass box frame (2,5 x 32.x 17cm).
From an edition of six newspaper blocks from 1978. Each of them is unique.
Provenance
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
- Honisch, Dieter: Uecker, New York 1986, cat. rais. no. 967d
- Dombrowe, Britta Julia: Werkverzeichnis der Bibliophilen Werke von Günther Uecker, Main 2006, cat. rais. no. I. 7808
-Significant work that points to the transience of information and the decay of language
-Successful transformation from an information carrier into a work of art that outlasts time
-According to 'Kunstkompass 2024', Uecker is one of the top 20 most successful living artists
1930 Wendorf
Title: "Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit".
Date: 1978.
Technique: Newspaper and nails.
Measurement: 37 x 27,5 x 12cm.
Notation: Signed and dated verso lower centre: Uecker 78. Titled verso along the upper and left edge: Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit.
Frame/Pedestal: Glass box frame (2,5 x 32.x 17cm).
From an edition of six newspaper blocks from 1978. Each of them is unique.
Provenance
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
- Honisch, Dieter: Uecker, New York 1986, cat. rais. no. 967d
- Dombrowe, Britta Julia: Werkverzeichnis der Bibliophilen Werke von Günther Uecker, Main 2006, cat. rais. no. I. 7808
-Significant work that points to the transience of information and the decay of language
-Successful transformation from an information carrier into a work of art that outlasts time
-According to 'Kunstkompass 2024', Uecker is one of the top 20 most successful living artists
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VAT margin scheme, VAT included, but must not be indicated, not refundable
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
Droit de suite
plus artist resale right fee of 1.5% on the hammer price up to € 200,000
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Stock Id: 80168-1
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