Mappenwerk mit 12 Color photograph s by Klaus Eschen, title sheet and information on the "Zerreissprobe" (folding leaflet) in the original cloth case. Signed and numbered on the title page. Each photograph firmly mounted on a backing board, confirmed by the artist on the reverse.. From an edition of 35 copies. Photographs: 50 x 40 cm. Backing board: 60 x 50 cm.
Dimensions of the original cloth case 63.5 x 51.5 x 5 cm (24.8 x 20.2 x 1.9 in). Fachlabor Fayer Fotostudio, Vienna 2001, and published by Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna 2001. [EH].
• Günter Brus was a co-founder of Viennese Actionism.
• Photographic documentation of the famous action “Zerreissprobe” (Tensile Test) in the Munich 'Aktionsraum A1' on Waltherstraße.
• “Zerreissprobe” is considered the culmination of his previous works.
• Günter Brus was a solo virtuoso body art and significantly changed the way we think about the use of the body in art.
• Works by Günter Brus were represented at documenta 4 (1972), 6 (1977) and 7 (1982), as well as in the Venice Biennale (1980), in addition to being on display in the newly-founded 'Wiener Aktionismus Museum' (WAM) in Vienna.
