Wurzel (Root)

Details

Peter Fischli (b. 1952) & David Weiss (1946-2012)
Wurzel (Root)
cast rubber
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (44.4 x 54.6 x 19 cm.)
Executed in 1987. This work is from an edition of six.

Provenance

The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent from the above to the present owner

Literature

R. Fleck, B. Söntgen and A. C. Danto, eds., Peter Fischli David Weiss, London and New York, 2005, pp. 128-129 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d'art contemporain and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Collection Sonnabend: 25 Années de Choix et d'Activités d'Ileana et Michael Sonnabend, May 1988-February 1989, p. 317 (illustrated in color).
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Sammlung Sonnabend: Von der Pop-art bis heute Amerikanische und europäische Kunst seit 1954, February-May 1996, p. 145 (illustrated in color).
Saratoga Springs, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College; Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University and Milwaukee Art Museum, From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, June 2002-May 2003, p. 79 (illustrated in color).