Untitled (Ceramic Sketch)

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THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)
Untitled (Ceramic Sketch)
glazed ceramic relief on wooden base
ceramic: 4 ½ x 12 ½ x 12 ½in. (11.4 x 31.8 x 31.8cm.)
overall: 43 ¾ x 32 ¾ x 32 ¾in. (111.1 x 83.2 x 83.2cm.)
Executed in 1997-1999

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe.
Zwirner & Wirth, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

A. Bellini and Cristiano Raimondi (eds.), Thomas Schütte Frauen, exh. cat., Turin, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporaneo, 2012, no. 123 (illustrated in colour, p. 40).

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Lot Essay

I like the small scale of the model because you have the whole world inside a room or on a table top.’
(T. Schütte, quoted in L. Cooke, ‘Turning the Tables’, in Thomas Schütte: Hindsight, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2010, p. 23).

Untitled (Ceramic Sketch)

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