Lot 142
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Thomas Demand (b. 1964)
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Thomas Demand (b. 1964)

Papierhandtuch (Paper Tissue)

Details
Thomas Demand (b. 1964)
Papierhandtuch (Paper Tissue)
signed, numbered and dated 'Thomas Demand 2008 5/6' (on the reverse)
chromogenic colour print face-mounted on Diasec
31½ x 23 5/8in. (80 x 60cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is number five from an edition of six
Provenance
Donated by the artist.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

"Looking at any of Demand's photos is like looking at the physical representation of memory and its spatial dimensions. It is a metaphysical experience like looking at a De Chirico painting. But what are memories and dreams made of? In Demand's world - paper. They are light and thin and they can be destroyed by a simple noise, a wind blow. For Demand, looking at an image is not just a visual experience but a structural one, the same way a sculpture is in relation to the structure of a piece of stone, wood or clay. Like a sculptor, Demand looks for the soul inside the image. For the artist, it is a spatial journey to understand if space travels in time."
F. Bonami quoted in Thomas Demand, exh. cat., Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris 2000-2001, p. 19.

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