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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2024 | Dominique | 2 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | |||
Prints & Multiples
234 x 182.5 cm (92.13 x 71.85 in)
Woodcut in colors, On handmade Kumohadamashi paper by Heizaburo Iwano
Signed and dated “imp. 17.8.2000”, as well as numbered and inscribed “2. Zustand 2/4” on the reverse
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired directly from the artist). galerie im park, contemporary fine art, Burgdorf. Thomas Olbricht Collection, Essen. Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen (eds.), Franz Gertsch. Holzschnitte. Aus der Natur gerissen, mit einem Register der Druckgraphik 1972-2008, as a provisional catalogue raisonné by Rainer Michael Mason, Cologne 2013, no. 8 ( illustrated in black and white on p. 117, different copy). "From 1986 onwards, the woodcut enabled me to realize an old dream, which was to create monochrome color spaces. I had not been able to achieve this through painting. The invention of my woodcut made it possible. I find that sensational to this day." Franz Gertsch, Gedankengänge durch Vorstellung und Natur, in: Andrea Firmenich, Franz Gertsch. Holzschnitte, Cologne 2013, pp. 19-23, here p. 21. Called up: December 6, 2024 - ca. 18.18 h +/- 20 min.
Franz Gertsch
Dominique
1988/2000.
Woodcut in colors.
Signed and dated “imp. 17.8.2000”, as well as numbered and inscribed “2. Zustand 2/4” on the reverse. One of 4 planned copies of the second state, of which only 3 copies were printed. On handmade Kumohadamashi paper by Heizaburo Iwano. 234 x 182.5 cm (92.1 x 71.8 in). Sheet: 276 x 220 cm (108,6 x 86,6 in).
In the second state from 2000, 187 new incisions were added to the plate. Printed by Nik Hausmann, Franz Gertsch, Maria Gertsch & Druckercrew on August 17, 2000. Published by Franz Gertsch. Each print is unique in color.
• Monumental woodcut in brilliant colors and a unique character.
• The finest printmaking art on precious Kumohadamashi Japan paper.
• Franz Gertsch"s portraits are among the artist"s most sought-after woodcuts on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Until November 10, 2024, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk honors the artist, who passed away in 2022, with a comprehensive retrospective
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We are grateful to the Gertsch family, Bern, for their kind support in cataloging this lot.
