Lot 65
Günther Uecker, 1930-2025 (DE)
Nail relief and folder: Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes (Fotoumwandlungen), 1981
Nail relief. Nails and white paint on canvas, mounted on wooden case.
H 720 mm W 630 mm D 60 mm.
Signed and dated lower right: Uecker, 81.
Folder. Entwicklung eines Werkes (Fotoumwandlungen), 1981
22 Granolithographs, by Günther Uecker painted over with varnish and some of them incised or perforated. The series is based on a photographic process documentation by Rolf Schroeter.
Each H 610 mm W 515 mm.
21/22. All sheets signed by both artists: Uecker; Rolf Schroeter. By G. Uecker dated: 81. All numbered lower center in sequence: 1-22. On the cover sheet signed by both artists: Uecker; Rolf Schroeter. By G. Uecker dated: 81.
Edition Rolf Schroeter, Zürich 1981.
In cardboard folder.
Provenance:
Swiss Private Collection, received directly from the artist.
Literature:
Dorothea and Martin van der Koelen. Günther Uecker - Opus Liber. Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960-2005. Mainz 2007, No. L 8103, Page 256 (illustration of a different copy, pages 253-255).
This work is registered in the Uecker Archive under the number GU.81.123.13 and is earmarked for inclusion in the forthcoming Uecker catalogue raisonné.
The nail relief represents the cover belonging to the portfolio ‘Entwicklung eines Werkes’. The present lot is thus one of the extremely rare complete examples that contain both the portfolio and the original nail relief. (2).
| CHF | 40'000 / 80'000 |
| EUR | 42'000 / 84'000 |
| USD | 46'000 / 92'000 |
Sold for CHF 38'000 (excl. buyers premium)