Photography (A - Z)
Wednesday, 08 June 2016, 06:00 pm
Lot 529
Dieter Roth, 1930-1998 (CH)
Harmonica Curse 54, 1981
Polaroid with audio cassette.
Polaroid: H 107 mm W 88 mm.
Polaroid: 3/5. Signed, dated and titled:
Dieter Roth, 1981, Harmonica Curse, 54, 17.6-19.6 [1981, aufgezeichnet].
Verso label: AUDIO ARTS, Editor William Furlong [...], London.
Audio cassette, recto/verso: 3/5. Signed, dated, titled:
Dieter Roth, '81, Harmonica Curse, 54. blue stamp: HARMONICA CURSE.
| CHF | 300 / 500 |
| EUR | 270 / 450 |
| USD | 300 / 530 |
Hammer Price: CHF 420
Annotation:
Literature:
Dirk Dobke. Dieter Roth,
Bücher und Editionen, Catalogue Raisonné.
London, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 2004.
Page 93, illustration in color of a different copy.
Annotation:
From 14th February until 7th August 1981 Dieter Roth played 74 times on his harmonica. He recorded his music on audio cassettes and these moments were documented on Polaroid. The cassettes were edited by William Furlong, London, in an edition of 5.