Lot 52
HR Giger, 1940-2014 (CH)
Passage XXX, 1973-1974
Acrylic on cardboard on panel.
H 1000 mm W 700 mm.
Signed on verso: H.R. Giger. Inscribed by hand by the artist: H.R. Giger, Passage XXX, 1973, Acrylic, 100 x 70 cm, Work 233.
Note: Modified on 5/11/74. Signed again. (Frame).
Provenance:
Swiss private property;
Private property Germany.
Exhibitions:
Hamburg, Fabrik der Künste, HR Giger Retrospektive, January 20 - March 4, 2012;
Sarnen, Altes Zeughaus auf dem Landenberg, HR Giger in Obwalden, December 12, 2010 - April 10, 2011.
Literature:
HR Giger Online Katalog, Database No. 233 (1973-B-233);
H.R. Giger, Passagen. Chur: Bündner Kunsthaus, 1974, Illustration on page 35.
In November 1974, H.R. Giger revised and abstracted the central image area of Passage XXX. The original version of the painting, featuring vulval lips and fingers at the entrance to the vagina, is reproduced in the literature and online catalog.
| * | CHF | 80'000 / 120'000 |
| * | EUR | 85'000 / 120'000 |
| * | USD | 100'000 / 150'000 |