THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)

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13.10.2023 17:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1044973
Lot 40 | THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)
THOMAS SCHÜTTE (B. 1954)

Memorial for the Unknown Artist

patinated bronze and steel

sculpture: 31 1/8 x 35 7/8 x 17 ¾in. (79 x 91 x 45cm.)

base: 43 ¼ x 43 ¼ x 19 5/8in. (110 x 110 x 50cm.)

overall: 74 3/8 x 43 ¼ x 19 5/8in. (189 x 110 x 50cm.)

Executed in 2011





Provenance

The Artist.

carlier gebauer, Berlin (acquired from the above in 2020).

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

L. Cumming, 'Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures - review', in The Guardian, 30 September 2012.

J. Wullschlager, 'Thomas Schütte: Faces and Figures, Serpentine Gallery, London', in Financial Times, 16 October 2012.



Exhibited

Chicago, Donald Young, Thomas Schütte, In the Spirit of Walser, 2012 (another example exhibited).

New York, City Hall Park, Various Artists: Common Ground, 2012 (another example exhibited).

London, Serpentine Gallery, Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures, 2012, p. 157 (illustrated in colour, p. 154).

Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Thomas Schütte, 2013-2014, p. 191 (illustrated in colour, p. 177).

Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Paying No Attention I Notice Everything, Robert Walser and the Visual Arts, 2014, pp. 68-69, 135, 139, 141 and 165 (illustrated in colour, p. 75).

Neuss, Skulpturenhalle, Thomas Schütte Stiftung, Thomas Schütte, Heads, 2020.
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