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Andreas Gursky (B. 1955)

Zürich Bankproject No. 5

Details

Andreas Gursky (B. 1955)
Zürich Bankproject No. 5
each: signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Andreas Gursky. Zürich Bankprojekt No. 5 '97 3/5' (on the reverse)
chromogenic coupler print face-mounted to Plexiglas in artist's frame, in two parts
image, each: 36 1/8 x 45 7/8in. (91.7 x 116.5cm.)
overall, each: 52 x 61in. (132 x 155cm.)
Executed in 1997, this work is number three from an edition of five

Provenance

Mai 36 Gallerie, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998.

Literature

Zürich-ein Fotoportrait, exh. cat., Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, 1997 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

'I want my motifs to look as though I could have photographed them anywhere. The places are not meant to be specifically described, but are meant to function more as metaphors. I am interested in global viewpoints, in today's social utopias'.
(A. Gursky, quoted in Andreas Gursky, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel 2007, p. 85).

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