Lot 241
  • 241

Adolf Luther

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Adolf Luther
  • Lichtschleuse
  • lens, glass and Plexiglas
  • 214 by 36 by 7.5 cm. 84 1/4 by 14 1/8 by 3 in.
  • Executed in 1988.

Provenance

Collection of the artist
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above)
Dorotheum, Vienna, 24 May 2012, Lot 1439
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although it fails to convey the optical effects visible in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a few handling marks and short and superficial scratches in places, which are inherent to the artist's choice of medium. There is some glue residue to one of the edges of the work.
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