Lot No. 703


Adolf Luther *


Adolf Luther * - Contemporary Art Part I

(Uerdingen 1912–1990 Krefeld)
Concave mirror object, 1975, on the reverse signed, dated Luther 75, with the red stamps ‘Sehen ist schön’, ‘Luther Licht u. Materie’, 5 x 5 round concave mirrors, square mirror, black wooden plate, 66 x 66 x 8 cm, black wooden frame with plexiglass

The work is registered by the Adolf Luther Foundation, Krefeld, under the archive no. HSP 75 007

Provenance:
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia, directly from the artist

The instrumental function of the concave mirror objects by Adolf Luther ‘lies in the fact that they multiply a given reality and, by their powers of reflection, produce a light-like phenomenality that reaches out into the actual space in front of the materiality of the object. Vital here was the principle known to physics that images entering a concave mirror are refracted and projected back into space, albeit upside down, as a pure energetic manifestation in the space.’

Magdalena Broska, Adolf Luther. A Remarkable Career as an Artist, Goch 2012, p. 22

22.11.2016 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 55,000.-
Estimate:
EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-

Adolf Luther *


(Uerdingen 1912–1990 Krefeld)
Concave mirror object, 1975, on the reverse signed, dated Luther 75, with the red stamps ‘Sehen ist schön’, ‘Luther Licht u. Materie’, 5 x 5 round concave mirrors, square mirror, black wooden plate, 66 x 66 x 8 cm, black wooden frame with plexiglass

The work is registered by the Adolf Luther Foundation, Krefeld, under the archive no. HSP 75 007

Provenance:
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia, directly from the artist

The instrumental function of the concave mirror objects by Adolf Luther ‘lies in the fact that they multiply a given reality and, by their powers of reflection, produce a light-like phenomenality that reaches out into the actual space in front of the materiality of the object. Vital here was the principle known to physics that images entering a concave mirror are refracted and projected back into space, albeit upside down, as a pure energetic manifestation in the space.’

Magdalena Broska, Adolf Luther. A Remarkable Career as an Artist, Goch 2012, p. 22


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Auction: Contemporary Art Part I
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 22.11.2016 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 12.11. - 22.11.2016


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