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Günther Uecker (1930 Wendorf) (F)

Starting price
€ 5 000
Auction dateClassic
26.11.2022 13:00UTC +02:00
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WETTMANN | Auktionshaus an der Ruhr
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Germany, Mülheim an der Ruhr
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Lot 77 | Günther Uecker (1930 Wendorf) (F)
Günther Uecker (1930 Wendorf) (F)
'Spirale', Prägedruck auf Bütten, 69,5 cm x 49,5 cm Blattmaß, signiert, 72 datiert, e/a nummeriert, betitelt, verso mit Bleistift bezeichnet und mit Preisangabe 1200 DM versehen, partiell leicht knickfaltig, leicht gewellt.

Günther Uecker wurde 1930 geboren und gilt als einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Künstler unserer Zeit. Er studierte an den Kunstakademien in Düsseldorf und Berlin. Bereits in den ausgehenden 1950er Jahren fand Uecker eine Gestaltungsform in Nägeln und machte sie zu einer seiner ausdrucksstarken kompositorischen Elemente. Er fügt sie in sowohl dynamischer als auch streng symmetrischer Anordnung zu einem bewegten Masse, Formationen oder in einzelner Form zusammen. Auf Platten, Holzbrettern, Baumstümpfen wurden sie genagelt und teilweise weiß getüncht, wodurch er Raum und Bewegung erarbeiten konnte. 1961 schloss er sich der ZERO-Gruppe an und arbeitete mit Heinz Mack und Otto Piene zusammen an Lichtkunst und kinetischen Arbeiten, als auch in den 1980er Jahren auch an Installationen. Formationen aus Nägeln sind formgebend für die Prägedrucke des Künstlers. Hier werden Schwünge, Rotationen, und geometrische Formen über den Nagelkorpus oder den Nagelkopf in den weißen Papierbogen geprägt. Gerade so viel Druck wird dabei aufgebracht, sodass das Papier auf Dauer in eine gewisse Form gebracht wird. 1972 erschuf Günther Uecker das Blatt, welches sich aus flach aneinander gelegten Nägeln bildet. Durch die Höhen und Tiefen der Nagelformen und dessen Anlegung entsteht eine fast strudelartige Tiefe auf dem groben Büttenpapier.




Günther Uecker (1930 Wendorf) (F)
'Spirale', relief printing on handmade paper, 69,5 cm x 49,5 cm sheet dimension, signed, dated 72, numbered e/a, titled, inscribed in pencil on verso and priced 1200 DM, partly creased, slightly wavy.

Günther Uecker was born in 1930 and is considered one of the most important German artists of our time. He studied at the art academies in Düsseldorf and Berlin. Already in the late 1950s, Uecker found a form of design in nails and made them one of his expressive compositional elements. He assembles them in both dynamic and strictly symmetrical arrangements to form a moving mass, formations or in single shapes. On slabs, wooden boards, tree stumps they were nailed and sometimes whitewashed, allowing him to work out space and movement. In 1961 he joined the ZERO group and worked with Heinz Mack and Otto Piene on light art and kinetic works, as well as on installations in the 1980s. Formations of nails are formative for the artist's embossed prints. Here, curves, rotations and geometric shapes are embossed into the white paper sheet via the body or head of the nail. Just enough pressure is applied so that the paper is brought into a certain shape over time. In 1972 Günther Uecker created the sheet, which is formed by nails laid flat against each other. The heights and depths of the nail shapes and the way they are laid out create an almost swirl-like depth on the coarse handmade paper.

Artist:Günther Uecker (1930)
Auction house category:Prints & Multiples
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