ID 964584
Lot 407 | Abraham David Christian
Estimate value
€ 25 000 – 35 000
1952 Düsseldorf
Title: Der heilige Mensch X.
Date: 1982.
Technique: Plaster cast, set.
Measurement: 185 x 58 x 35cm.
Frame/Pedestal: Mounted on a subsequently manufactured plate (0,5 x 64,5 x 65cm).
Provenance:
- Private collecion Bavaria (directly from the artist)
Exhibitions:
- documenta 7, 1982
Literature:
- Exhib. cat. Abraham David Christian - der heilige Mensch - alle Erde - Danzas contra la morte - TRANSIT, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart/Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster/Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Stuttgart 1982, p. 16, ill.
Abraham David Christian was invited to documenta 5 in 1972 with his work, when he was only 19 years old. Joseph Beuys and Abraham David Christian staged the legendary "Boxkampf für direkte Demokratie durch Volksabstimmung" on 8 October 1972 at the close of the documenta 5 exhibition.
The artist showed the work presented here in his room at documenta 7 in 1982. The work is part of the sculpture group "Der heilige Mensch".
- From the early group of works "Heiliger Mensch"
- Life-size plaster sculpture that dissolves the human form into block-like shapes
- With his universal language of form, the artist does not create an image, but rather conveys an idea that one is meant to contemplate
- The artist was the youngest participant at documenta V (1972) and documenta VII (1982) and was appointed to the Düsseldorf Art Academy by the then Rector Norbert Kricke at the age of 24.
| Artist: | Abraham David Christian (1952) |
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| Auction house category: | Post War Sculptures |
| Artist: | Abraham David Christian (1952) |
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| Auction house category: | Post War Sculptures |
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