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Lot 158
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Günther Uecker

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Günther Uecker
  • Reihung (Flamboyant Death of 36 Aloes)
  • signed and dated 86 on the reverse
  • wood, fabric collage, acrylic and mixed media on canvas
  • 200 by 200cm by 23cm.; 78 3/4 by 78 3/4 by 9in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2006

Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Martano; Geneva, Studio Leonardi, Günther Uecker, 1986
Milan, Studio Carlo Grossetti, Günther Uecker, 1987
Munich, Galerie Walter Storms, Günther Uecker. Aschebilder, 1987
Thessaloniki, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003-2006 (on temporary loan)

Literature

Günther Uecker, Richard Gassen, Bernard Holeczek, Uecker, Berlin 1987, p. 158, illustrated

 

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is warmer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon close inspection, there are a few short drying cracks to some of the white pigment surrounding the collaged areas. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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