May Day I
Details
Andreas Gursky (b. 1955)
May Day I
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Mayday '97 3/6 A. Gursky' (on label affixed to the reverse)
colour coupler print face-mounted on Plexiglas in artist frame
73¼ x 89in. (186 x 226cm.)
Executed in 1997, this work is number three from an edition of six
May Day I
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Mayday '97 3/6 A. Gursky' (on label affixed to the reverse)
colour coupler print face-mounted on Plexiglas in artist frame
73¼ x 89in. (186 x 226cm.)
Executed in 1997, this work is number three from an edition of six
Provenance
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Andreas Gursky: Photographs From 1984 to the Present, exh. cat., Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, 1998 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 31).
Noema Art Magazine, no. 49, October/November 1998 (illustrated, p. 100).
Kunstforum, no. 145, May-June 1999 (illustrated, p. 264).
Der Spiegel, August 2001 (illustrated, p. 181).
Noema Art Magazine, no. 49, October/November 1998 (illustrated, p. 100).
Kunstforum, no. 145, May-June 1999 (illustrated, p. 264).
Der Spiegel, August 2001 (illustrated, p. 181).
Exhibited
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum, Andreas Gursky. Fotografien 1994-1998, 1998-1999 (illustrated, p. 57). This exhibition later travelled to Winterthur, Fotomuseum; London, Serpentine Gallery; Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; Turin, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporaneo and Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Andreas Gursky, March-May 2001 (illustrated, pl. 40).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Andreas Gursky, March-May 2001 (illustrated, pl. 40).
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