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Tuesday, 07 June 2016, 06:00 pm

Günther Uecker, Portfolio. Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit

Lot 438

Günther Uecker, 1930 (DE)

Portfolio. Zum Schweigen der Schrift oder die Sprachlosigkeit, 1979

Special edition. Original destruction of paper by Uecker; 17 offset and hand screenprints, produced after photo alterations by Uecker; 3 Faksimile reproduction of handwritten sheets by Uecker; accompanying text by Eugen Gomringer.
Each H 460 mm W 460 mm.

All sheets verso: 44/920. Signed: Uecker.
In the colophon: 44/920. Signed by the artist and the author: Uecker; Gomringer.

Annotation:

St. Gallen, Lage/Lippe, Erker Verlag, Edition Haberbeck, 1979.
Sheets loose. In original wood slipcase.
Measurement of the slipcase:
H 490 mm W 490 mm D 35 mm.

Annotation:
The edition of the special edition is 100 copies.

CHF2'000 / 3'000
EUR1'800 / 2'700
USD2'100 / 3'200

Hammer Price: CHF 2'800