Lot Essay
"The camera's enormous distance from these figures means that they become de-individualized. So I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment." – Andreas Gursky
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Property from an Important American Collection
Andreas Gursky (b. 1955)
May Day II
Details
Andreas Gursky (b. 1955)
May Day II
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'May Day II 6/6 '98 A Gursky' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
73 ¾ x 88 ½ in. (187.3 x 224.8 cm.)
Executed in 1998. This work is number six from an edition of six.
May Day II
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'May Day II 6/6 '98 A Gursky' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print
73 ¾ x 88 ½ in. (187.3 x 224.8 cm.)
Executed in 1998. This work is number six from an edition of six.
Provenance
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Collection of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, New York, 1999
By descent from the above to the present owner
Collection of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, New York, 1999
By descent from the above to the present owner
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky - Photographs from 1984 to the Present, August-October 1998, pp. 18 and 34 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June-September 2004, pp. 165-166 and 222 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection, January-March 2008 (another example exhibited).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June-September 2004, pp. 165-166 and 222 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection, January-March 2008 (another example exhibited).
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Kathryn Widing