Günther Uecker

Günther Uecker was born on this day in 1930. 

Günther Uecker | Hommage à Achim von Arnim und Clemens Brentano

Günther Uecker

Hommage à Achim von Arnim und Clemens Brentano

Aachen, Germany: Verlag Rolf Kuhn, 1969

14.4 x 10.2 x 5 cm. 

Edition of 200 

Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (1778 – 1842) and Carl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831) were both novelists and poets, and leading figures of German Romanticism.

This ‘hommage’ to the pair consists of a book with text by Uecker, and a multiple consisting of a pin cushion, housed in a plastic box. 

Günther Uecker | Traffic paint

Günther Uecker
Traffic paint
New York City, USA: Edition Kineticism Press, 1966
17.5 x 12.5 x 2.7 cm.
Edition of 2000 signed and numbered copies

Nails and road marking paint on panel. The planned edition of 2000 was not reportedly never completed.

Günther Uecker | Kite

Günther Uecker
Kite
Germany: Self-published, 1967
117 x 83 cm.
Edition of 100 signed and dated copies

A self-portrait as a kite by the Zero Group member best known for his work with nails. The Serigraph on transparent PVC-foil, stretched on wooden struts is valued at approximately $1000 US.

Günter Uecker | Do it Yourself

Günter Uecker
Do it Yourself
Remscheid, Germany: Vice-Versand, 1969
34 x 16 x 7 cm
Unlimited signed edition

Günther Uecker | Uecker-Schuh

Günther Uecker
Uecker-Schuh (Uecker Shoe)
Düsseldorf, Germany: Edition Denise René und Hans Mayer,1972
10,5 x 31 x 10cm (boxed)
Plaster cast football shoe with nails, housed in a plexiglass box
Edition of 100, signed, dated and numbered copies.