Ayamonte

Details

Andreas Gursky (b. 1955)
Ayamonte
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Ayamonte '97 3/6 A. Gursky' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
68 x 98in. (174.6 x 250.9cm.)
Executed in 1997, this work is number three from an edition of six

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 14 November 2007, lot 500.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky: Photographs from 1984 to the Present, 1998, no. 125 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 137).
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum, Andreas Gursky: Fotografien 1994-1998, 1998-1999 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 80-81). This exhibition later travelled to Winterthur, Fotomuseum, London, Serpentine Gallery, Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea and Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belm.
Donaueschingen, Fürstenberg Sammlungen, Ahead of the 21st Century: The Pisces Collection, 2002-2004, no. 62 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 87).

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Lot Essay

'I am interested in the ideal typical approximation of everyday phenomena - in creating the essence of reality. In fact, I always seek to create the ultimate image'
A. Gursky quoted in F. Nicolaus, "Andreas Gursky. Reporter des Weltgeistes," Stern, no. 6, February 26, 2007, p. 50.

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