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Andreas Gursky
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Description
- Andreas Gursky
- Prada II
- signed, titled, dated 97 and numbered 3/6 on the reverse
C-print
- 65 by 124 1/4 in. 165.1 by 315.5 cm
Provenance
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Christie's, New York, November 11, 2003, lot 4
Perry Rubinstein, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Literature
Exh. Cat., New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Andreas Gursky, 1997 (another example)
Exh. Cat., Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky: Photographs from 1984 to the Present, 1998, pp. 122-123, illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum [and traveling] Andreas Gursky: Fotografien 1994-1998, 1998, p. 52, illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Andreas Gursky, 2001, cat. no. 53, pp. 168-169, illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky: Photographs from 1984 to the Present, 1998, pp. 122-123, illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum [and traveling] Andreas Gursky: Fotografien 1994-1998, 1998, p. 52, illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Andreas Gursky, 2001, cat. no. 53, pp. 168-169, illustrated in color (another example)
Catalogue Note
Andreas Gursky's Prada series utilizes the spare architectonic structure of a fashion showroom as a tableau vivant. Prada II is a monumental photograph in which an empty minimalist vitrine, used for displaying merchandise, seems to glow with an inner light. The frontal presentation of the architecture, with its simple geometry and subtle, contrasting hues, reads like an iconic object of worship, a secular shrine to consumer culture. In Prada II, the artist exaggerates and elongates the display of the shelves ``to emphasize formal elements that enhance the picture ...that in real terms of perspective would be impossible to realize.'' (Andreas Gursky in Lynne Cooke, Andreas Gursky, Munich, 1998, p. 14)