Lot 297
  • 297

ANDREAS GURSKY | Rias Bajas (Schnorchler)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andreas Gursky
  • Rias Bajas (Schnorchler)
  • signed on a label affixed to a piece of paper behind the backing board
  • c-print, in artist's frame
  • framed: 89.8 by 101 cm. 35 1/4 by 41 in.
  • Executed in 1988, this work is number 3 from an edition of 12.

Provenance

Galerie Bruges La Morte, Bruges
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 1990s

Exhibited

New York, 303 Gallery, Andreas Gursky, September - October 1989 (ed. no. unknown)
Bruges, Galerie Bruges La Morte, Andreas Gursky, 1989
Hamburg, Deichtorhallen Hamburg; and Amsterdam, De Appel Foundation, Andreas Gursky, Photografien 1984 - 1993, February - July 1994, p. 47, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Krefeld, Kunstmuseum Krefeld; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; and Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Andreas Gursky. Werke. Works 80-08, December 2008 - September 2009, p. 79, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown), smaller version

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly cooler in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals a few minute media accretions and tiny scuffs to the artist's frame. Further extremely close inspection reveals two small and short scratches which appear to be historically inpainted.
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