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Edlis Neeson Collection
URS FISCHER (B. 1973)
A Thing Called Gearbox
Details
URS FISCHER (B. 1973)
A Thing Called Gearbox
signed, titled and dated 'A THING CALLED GEAR BOX Urs Fischer 2004' (on the underside)
cast aluminum, copper, iron rod, string and acrylic paint
91 x 26 ¾ x 26 ½ in. (231 x 68 x 67.5 cm.)
Executed in 2004. This work is number two from an edition of two plus one artist's proof.
A Thing Called Gearbox
signed, titled and dated 'A THING CALLED GEAR BOX Urs Fischer 2004' (on the underside)
cast aluminum, copper, iron rod, string and acrylic paint
91 x 26 ¾ x 26 ½ in. (231 x 68 x 67.5 cm.)
Executed in 2004. This work is number two from an edition of two plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013
Literature
R. Wolfs, Urs Fischer, Paris 1919, Zurich, 2006, pp. 11-12.
Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty, exh. cat., New York, New Museum, 2009.
Urs Fischer, New York, exh. cat., Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2013, pp. 454 and 456-457.
A. Haywood, P. Bhatnagar, A. Roff, eds., Urs Fischer: Look at Love with Love, Switzerland, 2023, pp. 59 and 614 (illustrated).
Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty, exh. cat., New York, New Museum, 2009.
Urs Fischer, New York, exh. cat., Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2013, pp. 454 and 456-457.
A. Haywood, P. Bhatnagar, A. Roff, eds., Urs Fischer: Look at Love with Love, Switzerland, 2023, pp. 59 and 614 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Sadie Coles HQ, Urs Fischer, Elton John?, December 2004-January 2005 (another example exhibited).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye, February-June 2005.
Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art, 00s: The history of a decade that has not yet been named, September 2007-January 2008 (another example exhibited).
London, Hayward Gallery and Moscow, Garage Center of Contemporary Culture, The New Décor, June 2010-February 2011.
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Urs Fischer: Madame Fisscher, April-July 2012, pp. 152-153 (another example exhibited).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, August 2011-August 2014 (on extended loan).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye, February-June 2005.
Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art, 00s: The history of a decade that has not yet been named, September 2007-January 2008 (another example exhibited).
London, Hayward Gallery and Moscow, Garage Center of Contemporary Culture, The New Décor, June 2010-February 2011.
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Urs Fischer: Madame Fisscher, April-July 2012, pp. 152-153 (another example exhibited).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, August 2011-August 2014 (on extended loan).
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