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FRANZ GERTSCH (1930-2022)

Lot 9
09.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1306101
Lot 9 | FRANZ GERTSCH (1930-2022)
Estimate value
£ 2 100 000 – 3 000 000
FRANZ GERTSCH (1930-2022)
Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)
acrylic on canvas
101 1/8 x 153 ¾in. (257 x 390.5cm.)
Painted in 1980




Provenance

The Artist.
Turske Fine Art, Zurich.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Private Collection, Germany.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

D. Ronte, Franz Gertsch, Bern 1986, pp. 23-27 and 76, no. 18 (illustrated in colour, p. 77, illustrated, p. 132).
M. Danoff, ‘Franz Gertsch’, in Parkett, no. 28, 1991, pp. 37 and 40 (installation view at Kunsthaus Zürich illustrated, p. 37, illustrated, p. 39).
F. Richard, 'Franz Gertsch' in Artforum, May 2004 (illustrated in colour, p. 205).
L. Haneborger, Aus nächster Ferne. Zur Entstehung und Entwicklung der Bildform bei Franz Gertsch, Oldenburg 2004, no. 127 (studio view illustrated in colour, p. 399).
A. Affentranger-Kirchrath, Franz Gertsch: Die Magie des Realen, Bern 2004, pp. 8, 94-95 and 132 (illustrated in colour, on the front cover and p. 99).
A. Affentranger-Kirchrath, Franz Gertsch — Rüschegg, Zurich 2020, pp. 4-5, 16-19, 21-22 and 25, no. 10 (illustrated in colour, p. 19).



Exhibited

Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Franz Gertsch, 1980, pp. 3 and 86 (studio view illustrated, pp. 84-85 and 93, studio view illustrated in colour, p. 87). This exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Sprengel Museum.
Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch, Franz Gertsch – Patti Smith, 2003-2004 (illustrated in colour, p. 43). This exhibition later travelled to Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne.
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Franz Gertsch, 2004.
Berlin, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Chuck Close, Franz Gertsch, 2005. This exhibition later travelled to Galerie im Park, Burgdorf.
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Franz Gertsch. Die Retrospektive, 2005-2006, pp. 16, 130, 140, 169, 198 and 203, no. 46 (illustrated in colour, pp. 15, 141 and 251, installation view illustrated, p. 202). This exhibition later travelled to Aachen, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst and Tübingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen.
Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Franz Gertsch, Geheimnis Natur, 2013-2014, pp. 50, 62 and 104 (illustrated in colour, pp. 26-27).
Toulouse, Musée les Abattoirs, Franz Gertsch, 2014, pp. 65 and 79, no. 5 (illustrated in colour, p. 68).
Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas, Franz Gertsch: wood cuts, paintings 1973-2014, 2015, p. 12 (illustrated in colour, pp. 13 and 37).
Kiel, Kunsthalle Kiel, Franz Gertsch. Bilder sind meine Biografie, 2018-2019, pp. 7 and 76, no. 6 (illustrated in colour, pp. 8 and 32-33).
Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch, Franz Gertsch: The Seventies, 2020-2021, p. 213, no. 156 (installation view at Kunsthauszürich illustrated, pp. 16; illustrated in colour, pp. 160-161). This exhibition later travelled to Linz, LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz.
Burgdorf, Museum Franz Gertsch, Franz Gertsch: On Show, 2023-2024.



Further Details

This work has been requested for loan to the Deichtorhallen Hamburg for the exhibition Franz Gertsch, Blow Up. Eine Retrospektive from December 2024-May 2025.
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