Lot 225
  • 225

ANDREAS GURSKY | Düsseldorf, Rhein

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andreas Gursky
  • Düsseldorf, Rhein
  • c-print, in artist's frame
  • image: 30.5 by 40.2 cm. 12 by 15 7/8 in.
  • overall: 74 by 63 cm. 29 1/4 by 24 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1985, this work is number 9 from an edition of 10.

Provenance

303 Gallery, New York
Private Collection, United States
Christie's, New York, 17 November 2000, Lot 560
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; and Amsterdam, De Appel Foundation, Andreas Gursky: Photographs, 1984 - 1993, February - July 1994, p. 43, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky: Photographs from 1984 to the Present, August - October 1998, p. 65, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Krefeld, Kunstmuseum Krefeld, Haus Lange und Haus Esters; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; and Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Andreas Gursky: Werke 80-08, October 2008 - September 2009, p. 61, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals some light wear to all four corners of the frame and a few faint scratches to the frame. There are also a few specks of media trapped in the frame.
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