Lot 339
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Franz Gertsch (b. 1930)
Property Sold to Benefit The Art for Tropical Forests Foundation
Franz Gertsch (b. 1930)

Silvia

Details
Franz Gertsch (b. 1930)
Silvia
signed and numbered '15/21 Franz Gertsch' (on the reverse)
woodcut on paper
image: 75 5/8 x 69½ in. (92 x 75.5 cm.)
sheet: 96 x 86 in. (243.8 x 218.4 cm.)
Executed in 2001-2002. This work is number fifteen from an edition of twenty-one.
Provenance
Gift of the artist to the present owner
Literature
Inaugural Exhibition, exh. cat., Museum Franz Gertsch, Bern, 2002, pp. 156-157 (another example illustrated).
Maik Schlüter/Veit Görner: Franz Gertsch, exh. cat., Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, 2003 (another example illustrated).
A. Affentranger, The Magic of the Real, Bern, 2004, pp. 235-237 (another example illustrated).

Lot Essay

The proceeds from this sale will benefit existing international organizations dedicated to the conservation of the world's few remaining tropical forests in Central America, South-East Asia and Africa. (www.artfortropicalforests.org)

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