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Andreas Gursky (b. 1955)
Hösel
signed twice 'Andreas Gursky' (on paper labels affixed to the reverse)
chromogenic print
31½ x 35 7/8in. (80 x 91cm.)
Executed in 1984, this work is number five from an edition of ten

Provenance

Donated by the artist.

Exhibited

Krefeld, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Haus Lange and Haus Esters, Andreas Gursky: Werke - Works 80-08, 2008-2009 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 58). This exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Moderna Museet and Vancouver Art Gallery.

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Lot Essay

"Andreas Gursky observes the human species in and out of doors as if through the eyes of an 'extraterrestrial being.' Magnetically attracted by the frequently paradoxical phenomenology of the structures and patterns that people invent for themselves, he stalks our planet, meeting up with unsuspecting and unsuspected images."
J. Burckhardt, 'Andreas Gursky: Painter of New Theaters of Action', in Parkett, No. 44, 1995, p. 73.

Copyright: Andreas Gursky VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn PRO LITTERIS 2012

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