Lot Essay
Edmund de Waal, bestselling author of "The Hare with Amber Eyes", just completed his first exhibition in the United States, a major show of new work at Gagosian Gallery, entitled Atemwende. A New York Times article anticipating the show at Gagosian's Madison Avenue location quoted the artist as he spoke about his own work, saying it is the "language of sculpture, it's about multiples and early minimalism; poetry and words and spaces between words and sounds. When I make something, I hear it," (Vogel, Carol. "Poetry Written in Porcelain" New York Times 29 Aug. 2013: AR1)