(i) drawing from the second of sixty-four three part piece(ii) drawing from the twenty third of sixty-four three part piece(iii) drawing from the twenty-forth of sixty-four three part piece(iv) drawing from the twenty eight of sixty-four three part piece(v) drawing from the thirtieth of sixty-four three part piece(vi) drawing from the thirty second of sixty-four three part piece(vii) drawing from the forty-forth of sixty-four three part piece

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Fred Sandback (1943-2003)
(i) drawing from the second of sixty-four three part piece
(ii) drawing from the twenty third of sixty-four three part piece
(iii) drawing from the twenty-forth of sixty-four three part piece
(iv) drawing from the twenty eight of sixty-four three part piece
(v) drawing from the thirtieth of sixty-four three part piece
(vi) drawing from the thirty second of sixty-four three part piece
(vii) drawing from the forty-forth of sixty-four three part piece
(i) titled, inscribed and dated ‘drawing from the second of sixty-four three part piece/75/ rust brown’ (lower centre); numbered ‘#2’ (on the reverse); #2 signed and numbered ‘2 Sandback’ (on the colophon)
(ii) titled, inscribed and dated ‘drawing from the twenty-third of sixty-four three part piece/75/ rust brown’ (lower centre); numbered ‘#23’ (on the reverse); #23 signed and numbered ‘23 Sandback’ (on the colophon)
(iii) titled, inscribed and dated ‘drawing from the twenty-forth of sixty-four three part piece/75/ rust brown’ (lower centre); numbered ‘#24 ‘ (on the reverse); #24 signed and numbered ‘24 Sandback’ (on the colophon)
(iv) titled, inscribed and dated ‘drawing from the twenty-eighth of sixty-four three part piece/75/ rust brown’ (lower centre); numbered ‘#28’ (on the reverse); #28 signed and numbered ‘28 Sandback’ (on the colophon)
(v) titled, inscribed and dated ‘drawing from the thirtieth of sixty-four three part piece/75/ rust brown’ (lower centre); numbered ‘#30’ (on the reverse); #30 signed and numbered ‘30 Sandback’ (on the colophon)
(vi) titled, inscribed and dated ‘drawing from the thirty-second of sixty-four three part piece/75/ rust brown’ (lower centre); numbered ‘#32’ (on the reverse); #32 signed and numbered ‘32 Sandback’ (on the colophon)
(vii) titled, inscribed and dated ‘drawing from the forty-forth of sixty-four three part piece/75/ rust brown’ (lower centre); numbered ‘#44’ (on the reverse); #44 signed and numbered ‘44 Sandback’ (on the colophon)
each: ink and pastel on paper
each: 7 7/8 x 7 5/8in. (20 x 19.5cm.)
(7)each: Executed in 1975

Provenance

Kunstraum München, Munich.
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Lot Essay

‘Surfaces seem to imply that what’s interesting is either in front of them or behind them. Interiors are elusive. You can’t ever see an interior. Like eating an artichoke, you keep peeling away exteriors until there’s nothing left, looking for the essence of something. The interior is something you can only believe in, which holds all the parts together as a whole, you hope… The line is a whole, an identity, for a particular place and time. I assume that this identity can be sensed by others. What I object to in a lot of art is its illustrative quality, the quality of being an execution of an idea. I don’t have an idea first and then find a way to express it. That happens all at once’ (F. Sandback, quoted in Fred Sandback, Munich 1975, pp. 11-12).

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