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Lot 571

Merge, 1975

  • 80 slides (continuous loop) and a Kodak carousel slide projector
Estimate:

€ 10,000 - 15,000

Auction: 5 days

As of May 28, 2026

BARRY, ROBERT
1936 New York

Title: Merge.
Subtitle: Light image installation.
Date: 1975.
Technique: 80 slides (continuous loop) and a Kodak carousel slide projector.
Measurement: Measurements of the installation varying cm.


The slides were subsequently numbered by hand by the artist. One of the slides is additionally monogrammed and dated.



A copy of a certificate signed by the artist, dated 12 July 1977, is available for this work.



Provenance:
- - Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne

- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the previous owner in 1977)


Literature:
- Robert Barry. It's about time, Édition Yvon Lambert, Paris 1980, p. 81 (Excerpt from an interview by René Denizot. The episode described at the bottom of the page refers to the projection ‘Merge’, exhibited at Paul Maenz.)



Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Inland: 43.70 Euro plus 8.30 Euro VAT
EU: 58.82 Euro plus 11.18 Euro VAT
Third country: 117.65 Euro plus 22.35 Euro VAT

additional shipping insurance


Shipping insurance

up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro

over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo


USA by individual arrangement after the auction.




#Robert Barry #Conceptual Art #USA #Post-War Art #1970s #Word/ Writing #Installation #Scultpures.







In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Cologne
  • Auction : Jun 11, 2026
  • Auction number: 549
  • Auction name: Day Sale - Post War

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