Günther Uecker

Günther Uecker 1930 - 2025 Schrei. 1990. Nails and white paint on canvas, on wood. Signed, dated, titled, and with a direction arrow on the reverse. 60 x 60 x 7.5 cm (23.6 x 23.6 x 2.9 in). [JS]. • PROGRAMMATIC: “Zero is silence. Zero is the beginning. Zero is round. Zero spins. [.] Zero is white” (ZERO Manifesto). • “SCREAM”— Uecker's “Spirals” and “Circles” reveal his existential conception of the perpetual cycle of life and death. • POETRY & POWER: A fascinating fusion of opposites within a sensual field of energy. • NAILS As a medium of intense spiritual expression: “Where language fails, the image begins” (Uecker). • MUSEUM QUALITY Uecker’s nail paintings are at, among others, the Tate in London, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. This work is registered in the Uecker Archiv under the number GU.90.015 and will be noted for inclusion in the forthcoming Uecker Catalogue Raisonné. PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited from the above in 2016). Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 18.18 h +/- 20 min.

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