Lot 227
  • 227

ANDREAS GURSKY | Yeilbohm Dolomiten

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andreas Gursky
  • Yeilbohm Dolomiten
  • signed, titled, dated 1987 and numbered 8/10 on the reverse
  • c-print, in artist's frame
  • 59 by 78 cm. 23 1/4 by 30 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1987, this work is number 8 from an edition of 10.

Provenance

Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
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. 57, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky: Photographs from 1984 to the Present, August - October 1998, p. 75, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; and San Francisco, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Andreas Gursky, March 2001 - September 2002, p. 61, no. 7 (New York), no. 6 (Paris), 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. 71, 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 in raking light reveals a faint forked scratch to the upper centre of the composition and a very short and faint scratch to the upper centre right of the composition. Extremely close inspection in raking light reveals two tiny imperfections to the upper right of the composition, which are likely to be original. Close inspection reveals some very light wear to all four corner tips of the frame and some faint scuffs and scratches to the Plexiglas.
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