Mixed media . White paint and nails on canvas, on panel. Signed and dated in the lower right. 72 x 63 x 7.5 cm.
Front panel of the multiple “Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes”, created by Günther Uecker in collaboration with the Swiss photographer Rolf Schroeter. The multiple was published in three versions. This work is version A, of which 22 copies were made, each with a unique nail picture on the wooden cover. The wooden box containing 22 granolithographs reworked by Günther Uecker and a text sheet are missing in this copy. [JS].
- From Uecker's iconic multiple “Bildrituale - Entwicklung eines Werkes” (1981), hand-made and signed by the artist. - Unique piece. Each of the 22 nail pictures displays a different composition.
This work is registered in the Uecker Archive under the number GU.81.123.7 and has been earmarked for inclusion in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Uecker's works.
LITERATURE: Dorothea und Martin van der Koelen, Günther Uecker. Opus Liber. Verzeichnis der bibliophilen Bücher und Werke 1960-2005, edited by Britta Julia Dombrowe, Mainz 2007, L 8102 (illustrated, different copy).